whack

🇺🇸 /wæk/ 🇬🇧 /wæk/
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verb
R

To hit something or someone very hard.

I whacked the pillow to make it fluffy.

R

To put something in a place, not carefully.

You can whack your shoes by the door.

R

To kill someone.

The movie is about a gangster who whacks his enemies.

noun
R

The action or sound of hitting something hard.

With a loud whack, the ball flew across the yard.

R

A part or amount of something, usually money.

Everyone wants their whack of the profits.

translation

v. To hit something or someone very hard.; To put something in a place, not carefully.; To kill someone.
n. The action or sound of hitting something hard.; A part or amount of something, usually money.

Word Forms

3rd Present whacks
Progressive whacking
Past whacked
Perfect whacked
Plural whacks