I. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
whacked out
whacking great
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Apparently someone whacked the side of my car with their door.
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Buckley whacked the ball into left field.
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If he said anything like that to me, I'd whack him!
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The Georgia man whacked his fist on the bar.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He whacked his pants leg with the dowel.
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I go down like I was whacked in the face with a shovel.
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Like Chrissie Evert executing an effortless backhand crosscourt volley at Wimbledon, Perdita shot forward and whacked the ball home.
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Or a guard will put a bucket on your head and whack it with a truncheon.
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Paul was a distant puppet, jerking and leaping and throwing back his arms and whacking the bomb repeatedly on the side.
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Steve has not been the same man since he whacked Saskia with an ashtray and buried her body in Epping Forest.
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With a series of lame and recycled bits, this spring tryout comedy whacks us over the head with every joke.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
full
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At full whack , I would guess that the Rivera exhibits some very unsociable tendencies indeed.
■ VERB
give
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He forgets I can lean forward in this great chair and give him a good whack across the shoulders.
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Upon learning of this daily miracle, a curious neighbor gave the fish a whack .
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He gives her another whack in the midsection with his elbow.
pay
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You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large.
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The commission would act as secretary, rich Arab countries would pay the biggest whack .
take
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To be sure, my historical mentors in this race also took a whack at my Catholic heritage.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She gave my hand a whack with a ruler.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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From outside came another quick whack of the mallet.
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He got a bruising whack in his right eye - the one he uses to peer through his telescope at the stars.
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In the fourth round of the Catalonia Open, the elements threw all our figuring out of whack .
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Soon the whole valley was resounding with the same thud, thud, whack , from every rooftop in the village.
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This is 180 degrees out of whack .
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To be sure, my historical mentors in this race also took a whack at my Catholic heritage.
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You are expected to pay your whack to benefit society at large.