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whacked adjective [ wakt ]

• completely exhausted.
• "I'm not staying long—I'm whacked"
• under the influence of drugs.
• "a sixteen-year-old whacked out on acid"

whack verb

• 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,
Origin: early 18th century: imitative, or perhaps an alteration of thwack.


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