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to whack
01
to strike forcefully with a sharp blow
Transitive: to whack sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
whack
3rd person singular
whacks
present participle
whacking
past simple
whacked
past participle
whacked
Examples
He whacked the ball with the racket, sending it soaring over the net.
Whack
01
the act of hitting vigorously
Grammatical Information
animacy status
abstract
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
whacks
02
the sound made by a sharp swift blow
03
an attempt, try, or turn at something
Slang
Examples
C'm on, take a whack at finishing the proposal.
Lexical Tree
whacked
whacker
whacking
whack
