Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whack \Whack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whacked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whacking}.] [Cf. {Thwack}.]
To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to
thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.]
Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes.
--G. W. Cable.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whack \Whack\, v. i.
To strike anything with a smart blow.
{To whack away}, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to
whack away at a log. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whack \Whack\, n.
A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whack \Whack\, v. t.
To divide into shares; as, to whack the spoils of a robbery;
-- often with up. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whack \Whack\, n.
A portion; share; allowance. [Slang]
{Out of whack}, out of order. [Slang]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whack
n : the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"
[syn: {knock}, {belt}, {rap}, {whang}]
v : hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy" [syn: {wham}, {whop},
{wallop}]
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