- whack
- When somebody thinks she has something that is cool but really, it's not.
Put that Nokia 6190 down, that junk is whack. It's all about the 8890.
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whack — [hwak, wak] vt., vi. [echoic] 1. to strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow ☆ 2. Slang to murder (a person), often, specif., for pay n. 1. a sharp, resounding blow 2. the sound of this at a whack or at one whack Informal at one … English World dictionary
whack — informal ► VERB 1) strike forcefully with a sharp blow. 2) defeat heavily. 3) place or insert roughly or carelessly. 4) N. Amer. murder. ► NOUN 1) a sharp or resounding blow. 2) a try or attempt … English terms dictionary
Whack — Whack, n. 1. A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 2. A portion; share; allowance. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. an attempt; as, to take a whack at it. [Colloq.] [PJC] {Out of whack}, out of order. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whack — Whack, v. i. To strike anything with a smart blow. [1913 Webster] {To whack away}, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a log. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whack — Whack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Whacked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whacking}.] [Cf. {Thwack}.] 1. To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whack-O! — was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards.The series (in black and white) ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960. Edwards took the part of Professor James Edwards M.A., the drunken, gambling, devious, cane swishing headmaster who tyrannised … Wikipedia
whack|y — «HWAK ee», adjective, whack|i|er, whack|i|est. = wacky. (Cf. ↑wacky) … Useful english dictionary
whack — (v.) to strike sharply, 1719, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from 1737. The word in out of whack (1885) is perhaps the slang meaning share, just portion (1785), which may be from the notion of the blow that divides, or the rap of the… … Etymology dictionary
whack — [n1/v] hit bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, box, buffet, clobber, clout, crack, cuff, ding*, lambaste*, nail, rap, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, strike, thrash, thump, thwack*, wallop, wham*; concept 189 whack [n2] try, attempt bash, crack,… … New thesaurus
whack — index lash (strike) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
whack — whack1 [wæk] v [T] informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Probably from the sound of hitting] 1.) to hit someone or something hard whack sb/sth with sth ▪ He kept whacking the dog with a stick. 2.) BrE spoken to put something somewhere whack sth… … Dictionary of contemporary English
