Whack

Noun

 * 1) A blow, impact or slap.
 * 2) A share or portion.
 * 3) * 1951, Katherine Mansfield, Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922,
 * For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib., tea, and plenty of good bread.
 * 1) An attempt.

Verb

 * 1) To hit, slap or strike.
 * 2) To kill, bump off.
 * 3) To share or parcel out.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:kill

Thesaurus
approach, assay, attempt, bang, bash, bat, beating, belt, bid, biff, blow, bonk, bout, box, box the ears, buffet, bump, burst, bust, catch, chance, chop, clap, clash, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, crash, crump, cuff, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, dig, ding, dint, drub, drubbing, drumming, effort, endeavor, essay, experiment, fetch, fetch a blow, flap, fling, flop, fusillade, gambit, go, hit, hit a clip, inning, innings, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, lick, move, offer, opportunity, paste, pelt, place, plunk, poke, pop, pound, punch, rap, relief, report, round, say, shot, slam, slap, slap the face, slat, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, spell, splat, stab, stagger, step, strike, strike at, stroke, strong bid, swap, swat, swing, swipe, tap, tattoo, tentative, thump, thwack, time, time at bat, token punishment, trial, trial and error, try, turn, undertaking, wallop, wham, whap, whirl, whomp, whop, yerk

Etymology
Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

 * , or
 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: mäjäys, täräytys, isku
 * French: coup, clac
 * German:
 * Italian:


 * Russian:

Verb

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: mäjäyttää, iskeä, täräyttää
 * French: frapper, claquer
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian: drefse


 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Arabic:
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian: kverke, knerte, ekspedere

Derived terms

 * out of whack
 * whack the illy
 * whacky