whack

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sound of a heavy strike. countable,uncountable
  2. The strike itself. countable,uncountable
    — Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.
  3. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact. countable,uncountable
  4. An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something. US,countable,slang,uncountable
    — C'mon. Take a whack at it.
  5. A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion. countable,dated,uncountable
    — I don’t care about much wine afterwards—I take my whack at dinner—I mean my share, you know; and when I have had as much as I want I toddle up to tea.
  6. A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  7. A deal, an agreement. US,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — "I'll stay if you will." "Good—that's a whack."
  8. A harmful outcome or repercussion. countable,slang,uncountable
    — But I rely on you to give me the nod in time to get Cora clear off whatever happens. I can take my own whack as it comes—as I always have done.
  9. PCP, phencyclidine (also wack). dated,uncountable
  10. The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩. countable,slang,uncountable
    — del c:\docs\readme.txt Delete c colon whack docs whack readme dot text.
动词 v.
  1. To hit, slap or strike. transitive
    — The bat whacked the baseball.
  2. To assassinate, bump off. slang,transitive
    — Niko Bellic: So you want me to talk to him? / Jimmy Pegorino: I want you to whack him! And after that I want you to kill all the other rats I surround myself with...
  3. To share or parcel out (often with up). slang,transitive
    — to whack the spoils of a robbery
  4. 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. To surpass; to better. UK
    — Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!
  6. To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning. Singapore,Singlish
    — Miss Loi always tells her students not to anyhow whack, stay calm and know thy approach before attempting each question.
  7. To eat something hurriedly. Singapore,Singlish
形容词 adj.
  1. Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”). alt-of,alternative
    — That's whack, yo!

词形变化

whacks plural whacks present,singular,third-person whacking participle,present whacked participle,past whacked past whacker comparative whackest superlative

词源

词源 1
Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
词源 2
Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
词源 3
Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
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