Definition of "whack" in Anglais

noun

1. The sound of a heavy strike.

2. The strike itself.

3. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.

4. (US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

   • C'mon. Take a whack at it.
   • 40 bucks a whack.

5. (originally UK cant, somewhat dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.

6. (obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.

7. (US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.

   • It's a whack!

8. (dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).

9. (slang, computing, typography) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.

   • del c:\docs\readme.txt Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.

10. (slang) Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”)

verb

1. To hit, slap or strike.

   • The bat whacked the baseball.
   • G. W. Cable Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.

2. (slang) To assassinate, bump off.

3. (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).

   • to whack the spoils of a robbery

4. (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.

   • The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.

5. (UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.

6. (Singapore, Singlish) To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.

7. (Singapore, Singlish) To eat something hurriedly.

adjective

1. Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”).

   • That's whack, yo!