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单词 whack
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whackverb

uk/wæk/us/wæk/

[ T ] to hit someone or something noisily:

He whacked the tree trunk with his stick.
She whacked him in the mouth.

[ T + adv/prep ] UK informal to quickly put something somewhere:

"Where shall I put my bag?" "Just whack it in the corner there."

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Hitting and beating

  • a bunch of fives idiom
  • a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
  • at-risk
  • bang up sb/sth
  • bashing
  • conk
  • deck
  • hell
  • kick
  • knock
  • knock sb's block off idiom
  • lay
  • lay sb out
  • licking
  • mess sb up
  • pound
  • pummel
  • put the boot in idiom
  • swing
  • thump

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Placing and positioning an object

whacknoun

uk/wæk/us/wæk/

whack noun (HIT)

[ C ] the action of hitting someone or something noisily:

He gave the ball a whack with his stick.

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Hitting and beating

  • a bunch of fives idiom
  • a rap on/over the knuckles idiom
  • at-risk
  • bang up sb/sth
  • bashing
  • conk
  • deck
  • hell
  • kick
  • knock
  • knock sb's block off idiom
  • lay
  • lay sb out
  • licking
  • mess sb up
  • pound
  • pummel
  • put the boot in idiom
  • swing
  • thump

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whack noun (SHARE)

[ S or U ] UK informal a share or part:

Low earners will pay only half the charge but high earners will have to pay full whack (= pay the whole amount).
That's not a fair whack.
take a whack (at sth)

US informal to try to do something:

Take a whack at the homework, then ask for help if you need it.
top whack UK informal

the highest possible price or payment:

They're prepared to pay top whack for goods like this.

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Sharing

  • allocate
  • allot
  • allotment
  • apportion
  • cake
  • distribution
  • divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
  • divvy
  • divvy sth up
  • double
  • double up
  • Dutch
  • half
  • joint
  • middle
  • ration sth out
  • redistribute
  • share and share alike idiom
  • share-out
  • shareable

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Costs & expenses

whack noun (NOT RIGHT)

out of whack US informal

not operating correctly or looking right:

You can use Carol's old bike - the gears are out of whack, but it still goes.

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Machines - not functioning

  • burn
  • cut
  • deactivate
  • dead
  • defunct
  • fritz
  • ghost
  • give up the ghost idiom
  • go down
  • haywire
  • on the blink idiom
  • out of commission idiom
  • outage
  • seize
  • shudder
  • shut
  • shut (sth) off
  • stop
  • unusable
  • wrong

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In bad condition
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