whack
verb
[ wak ]
• strike forcefully with a sharp blow.
• "his attacker whacked him on the head"
Similar:
hit,
beat,
strike,
punch,
knock,
rap,
smack,
slap,
thump,
thwack,
crack,
cudgel,
thrash,
bang,
drub,
welt,
cuff,
buffet,
pummel,
box someone's ears,
bash,
clobber,
clout,
clip,
wallop,
belt,
tan,
biff,
bop,
lay into,
pitch into,
lace into,
let someone have it,
sock,
lam,
whomp,
stick one on,
slosh,
boff,
bust,
slug,
light into,
whale,
dong,
quilt,
smite,
swinge,
whack
noun
• a sharp or resounding blow.
• "with a few whacks and some loud whistles, they drove the animals away"
Similar:
blow,
hit,
punch,
thump,
thwack,
crack,
smack,
slap,
bang,
welt,
cuff,
box,
bash,
clobber,
clout,
clip,
wallop,
belt,
biff,
bop,
sock,
lam,
whomp,
slosh,
boff,
bust,
slug,
whale,
dong,
buffet,
• a try or attempt.
• "we decided to take a whack at spotting the decade's trends"
• a specified share of or contribution to something.
• "motorists pay a fair whack for the use of the roads through taxes"
Similar:
share,
quota,
portion,
slice,
part,
allocation,
ration,
allowance,
allotment,
amount,
quantity,
bit,
piece,
percentage,
proportion,
section,
segment,
division,
fraction,
measure,
due,
cut,
piece/slice of the cake,
piece of the action,
rake-off,
divvy,
apportionment,
quantum,
moiety,
Origin:
early 18th century: imitative, or perhaps an alteration of thwack.
out of whack
• out of order; not working.
• "all their calculations were out of whack"
