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Meanings of
whack
in English
Portuguese
golpe
Catalan
cop
Spanish
golpe
Back to the meaning
The act of hitting vigorously.
knock
belt
rap
whang
Portuguese
golpe
Portuguese
bater
Back to the meaning
Hit hard.
wallop
wham
whop
Portuguese
bater
Synonyms
Examples for "
knock
"
knock
belt
rap
whang
Examples for "
knock
"
1
Its Stafford government loans, for example,
knock
points off the interest rate.
2
One positive result is likely to have a very positive
knock
-
on
effect!
3
The
knock
-
on
effects are seen in children's education, unemployment and financial losses.
4
The major
knock
-
on
effect has been that social media is more available.
5
The insistence that had been in the
knock
spoke in the voice.
1
However, she thought of Joeyn every time she went to the
belt
.
2
Others believe that a
belt
of open water remained around Earth's equator.
3
No-cha was in the garden, occupied in weaving the
belt
of dragon-sinew.
4
Even now, with four weeks' work under her
belt
Fiona was nervous.
5
Of course this
belt
requires energy - the battery doesn't last forever.
1
Sports metaphors are often used in
rap
music; basketball ones in particular.
2
He saw a challenge in the all-female
rap
crews' path to success.
3
Similar thoughts power Text Me's beautiful blend of
rap
and blue-eyed soul.
4
That's a
rap
:
is hip-hop entering a new golden age of cinema?
5
And that's the most important thing here: Wayne can no longer
rap
.
1
Bang,
whang
,
go the wrestlers below, with loud shouts and laughter.
2
In about three minutes
whang
went Holden's gun; I ran with all my might.
3
A tinkle of glassware, snort of trombones,
whang
of banjos.
4
And as to being the other kind-well ,youhave just seen him
whang
past!
5
Maybe I wouldn't
whang
your head off for the fright that you've given me!
Usage of
whack
in English
1
Well, there's a good chance they'll just take another
whack
at it.
2
He heard the
whack
of the bullet in flesh and fired again.
3
And it's an innovation that probably cost the station a fair
whack
.
4
Iss called 'sex reassignment surgery,' and they don't just
whack
everything off.
5
I'm not sure, but I still
whack
it on full of hope.
6
At that point I knew that Jimmy was going to
whack
Marty.
7
Then someone
whack
him with something heavy, and hope he falls down.
8
I yanked his helmet off and gave him one more good
whack
.
9
This approach has, predictably enough, devolved into a self-sustaining game of
whack
-
a-
mole
.
10
But it's let down by a too-brief campaign and out-of-
whack
AI.
11
Again the stone swings back and gives the bear a hard
whack
.
12
He used the pipe to
whack
at anything that came near him.
13
One
whack
with a boat propeller, one erosion point, sand's outta there.
14
And people can
whack
my cast and I won't even feel it.
15
Keeping a lid on those cases is like playing
whack
-
a
-
mole
with coronavirus.
16
It's not that he's dangerous, but his impulses are out of
whack
.
Other examples for "whack"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
whack
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Frequent collocations
whack up
resounding whack
good whack
full whack
get a whack
More collocations
Translations for
whack
Portuguese
golpe
batida
bater
Catalan
cop
trompada
batzacada
patac
patacada
batzac
Spanish
golpe
Whack
through the time
Whack
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common