I. goo ‧ gle ‧ whack /ˈɡuːɡ ə lwæk/ BrE AmE ( also whack ) noun [countable]
a single result when you search for a combination of two words on the ↑ search engine Google. You do the search as a game.
—googlewhacking noun [uncountable]
—googlewhack verb [intransitive]
II. whack 1 /wæk/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] informal
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Probably from the sound of hitting ]
1 . to hit someone or something hard
whack somebody/something with something
He kept whacking the dog with a stick.
2 . British English spoken to put something somewhere
whack something in/on/under etc something
Just whack the bacon under the grill for a couple of minutes.
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THESAURUS
■ to hit something
▪ hit :
Jack hit the ball and it flew over the fence
▪ knock to hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside:
Someone was knocking on the door.
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I knocked loudly but no one came.
▪ strike written to hit a surface. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English:
The ball struck the side of the goal.
▪ whack /wæk/ informal to hit something very hard:
Edmonds whacked the ball into the air.
▪ bash to hit something hard, especially in a way that causes damage:
The police had to bash the door down to get in.
▪ tap to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention:
I tapped him on the shoulder.
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I heard someone tapping on the window.
▪ rap to knock quickly or hit something several times:
He rapped the table with his pen to bring the meeting to order.
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Two police officers rapped on the door at 7 o'clock in the morning.
▪ bang to suddenly hit something hard, in a way that makes a loud noise:
Her father banged his fist down on the table angrily.
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The door suddenly banged shut.
▪ pound written to hit something many times with a lot of force:
I could hear the sea pounding on the rocks.
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She pounded on the door and shouted wildly.
▪ hammer written to hit something quickly many times making a loud continuous noise:
The rain was hammering on the roof.
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A crowd of people were outside hammering on the door angrily.
III. whack 2 BrE AmE noun [countable] especially spoken
1 . the act of hitting something hard, or the noise this makes:
She gave the ball a whack.
Singleton took a whack at (=tried to hit) Miller’s head.
2 . British English an amount of something
(the) full whack
If you’re unemployed, you don’t have to pay the full whack (=the full amount) .
There’s still a fair whack (=quite a large amount) of work to be done.
These agencies charge top whack for tickets.
3 . do your whack (of something) British English to do a fair or equal share of a job or activity:
I’ve done my whack of the driving – it’s your turn.
4 . have a whack at something British English , take a whack at something American English to try to do something:
‘Are you any good at doing maths?’ ‘I’ll have a whack at it.’
5 . in one whack American English all on one occasion:
Steve lost $500 in one whack.
6 . out of whack American English if a system, machine etc is out of whack, the parts are not working together correctly:
The printer’s out of whack again.