whack

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhackwhack1 /wæk/ verb [transitive] informal 1 HITto hit someone or something hardwhack somebody/something with something He kept whacking the dog with a stick.► see thesaurus at hit2 British English spokenPUT to put something somewherewhack something in/on/under etc something Just whack the bacon under the grill for a couple of minutes.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswhack• If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him!• He whacked his pants leg with the dowel.• I go down like I was whacked in the face with a shovel.• Steve has not been the same man since he whacked Saskia with an ashtray and buried her body in Epping Forest.• Buckley whacked the ball into left field.• Apparently someone whacked the side of my car with their door.• With a series of lame and recycled bits, this spring tryout comedy whacks us over the head with every joke. Related topics: Colours & soundswhackwhack2 noun [countable] especially spoken 1 CHITthe act of hitting something hard, or the noise this makes She gave the ball a whack. Singleton took a whack at (=tried to hit) Miller’s head. 2 British EnglishTOTAL an amount of something(the) full whack If you’re unemployed, you don’t have to pay the full whack (=the full amount). There’s still a fair whack (=quite a large amount) of work to be done. These agencies charge top whack for tickets. 3 → do your whack (of something)4 → have a whack at something5 → in one whack6 → out of whackExamples from the Corpuswhack• She gave my hand a whack with a ruler.• He got a bruising whack in his right eye - the one he uses to peer through his telescope at the stars.• This is 180 degrees out of whack.• In the fourth round of the Catalonia Open, the elements threw all our figuring out of whack.• From outside came another quick whack of the mallet.• Soon the whole valley was resounding with the same thud, thud, whack, from every rooftop in the village.• You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large.gave ... a whack• Upon learning of this daily miracle, a curious neighbor gave the fish a whack.(the) full whack• At full whack, I would guess that the Rivera exhibits some very unsociable tendencies indeed.Origin whack1 (1700-1800) Probably from the sound of hitting

单词	whack
释义	whack From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwhackwhack1 /wæk/ verb [transitive] informal 1 HITto hit someone or something hardwhack somebody/something with something He kept whacking the dog with a stick.► see thesaurus at hit2 British English spokenPUT to put something somewherewhack something in/on/under etc something Just whack the bacon under the grill for a couple of minutes.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuswhack• If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him!• He whacked his pants leg with the dowel.• I go down like I was whacked in the face with a shovel.• Steve has not been the same man since he whacked Saskia with an ashtray and buried her body in Epping Forest.• Buckley whacked the ball into left field.• Apparently someone whacked the side of my car with their door.• With a series of lame and recycled bits, this spring tryout comedy whacks us over the head with every joke. Related topics: Colours & soundswhackwhack2 noun [countable] especially spoken 1 CHITthe act of hitting something hard, or the noise this makes She gave the ball a whack. Singleton took a whack at (=tried to hit) Miller’s head. 2 British EnglishTOTAL an amount of something(the) full whack If you’re unemployed, you don’t have to pay the full whack (=the full amount). There’s still a fair whack (=quite a large amount) of work to be done. These agencies charge top whack for tickets. 3 → do your whack (of something)4 → have a whack at something5 → in one whack6 → out of whackExamples from the Corpuswhack• She gave my hand a whack with a ruler.• He got a bruising whack in his right eye - the one he uses to peer through his telescope at the stars.• This is 180 degrees out of whack.• In the fourth round of the Catalonia Open, the elements threw all our figuring out of whack.• From outside came another quick whack of the mallet.• Soon the whole valley was resounding with the same thud, thud, whack, from every rooftop in the village.• You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large.gave ... a whack• Upon learning of this daily miracle, a curious neighbor gave the fish a whack.(the) full whack• At full whack, I would guess that the Rivera exhibits some very unsociable tendencies indeed.Origin whack1 (1700-1800) Probably from the sound of hitting
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