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whack Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 to hit someone or something noisily:
- He whacked the tree trunk with his stick.
- She whacked him in the mouth.
- "Where shall I put my bag?" "Just whack it in the corner there."
1 the action of hitting someone or something noisily:
- He gave the ball a whack with his stick.
2 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 the homework, then ask for help if you need it.
- They're prepared to pay top whack for goods like this.
3 not operating correctly or looking right:
- You can use Carol's old bike - the gears are out of whack, but it still goes.
4 to give someone or something a hard, noisy hit:
- He whacked his newspaper on the back of the chair as he talked.

Two split infinitives, two whacks.
Then all the farmers for miles around would make fat, whacking profits by charging people to park their cars.
There has been a whacking increase in those fees, and that is disastrous.
There are whacking great power stations covering acres of land with only 30 employees.
I always think it a great pity when my children start eating chocolates an hour before they have a whacking good meal.
She gives a whacking big dose of castor oil to all 10 children.
Disabled people may not he able to use the transport, but they were obliged to pay the whacking supplementary rate.
They then find themselves whacked off to prison pending trial, without having previously been in a cell at all.