whacked; whacking; whacks
1
a
: to strike with a smart or resounding blow
whack the ball
b
: to cut with or as if with a whack : chop
2
chiefly British
: to get the better of : defeat
: to strike a smart or resounding blow
whacker
noun
Phrases
out of whack
1
: out of proper order or shape
threw his knee out of whack
2
: not in accord
feeling out of whack with her contemporaries—
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S. E. RubinExamples of whack in a Sentence
Verb
She whacked the piñata with a stick.
The old man lifted his cane and whacked the mugger on the head.
They were whacking through the jungle with their machetes.
He got whacked by mobsters.
Noun
The pile of books hit the floor with a whack.
took a whack at solving the math problem
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The New Jersey Devils have been whacked with injuries to their franchise center Jack Hughes and now to top blueliner Dougie Hamilton in the past week.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
His skills were out of whack, probably due to an oblique injury and a hit-by-pitch on his throwing elbow.
—Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Talked into another pop album by her tech investor and entrepreneur fiancé Michael Polansky, who collaborated closely on Mayhem, Gaga whacks multiple birds with one stone.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
The New Jersey Devils have been whacked with injuries to their franchise center Jack Hughes and now to top blueliner Dougie Hamilton in the past week.
—Pierre Lebrun, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
The delicate balance gets thrown out of whack when Mark’s inner and outer lives draw closer together through a series of mysterious events.
—Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
His skills were out of whack, probably due to an oblique injury and a hit-by-pitch on his throwing elbow.
—Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Whack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whack. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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whack
1 of 2 verb
ˈhwak 
ˈwak
: to hit or cut with a hard noisy blow
whacked the ball into left field
whacker
noun
whack
2 of 2 noun1
: a hard noisy blow
also
: its sound
2
: try entry 2, attempt
take a whack at it
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