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whack

/wak, hwak/US // wæk, ʰwæk //UK // (wæk) //

捶打,猛击,抨击,捶击

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
    • : Slang. to divide into or take in shares: Whack the loot between us two.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike a smart, resounding blow or blows.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a smart, resounding blow: a whack with his hand.
    • : Informal. a trial or attempt: to take a whack at a job.
    • : Slang. a portion or share.
  1. 1
    • : whack off, to cut off or separate with a blow: The cook whacked off the fish's head.Slang: Vulgar.to masturbate.
    • : whack out, Slang. to produce quickly or, sometimes, carelessly: She whacks out a short story every week or so.

Phrases

  • whacked out
  • whack off
  • have a crack (whack) at
  • out of kilter (whack)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • So, on the one hand, it’s like they’re playing whack-a-mole with extremists without necessarily being willing to change the design of the social network that’s built to elevate extremism.

  • Yet the county still prohibits the sale of cannabis, meaning deputies are constantly engaged in a game of whack-a-mole with illegal shops.

  • Telepath’s name policy is meant to make sure the content moderation team can fully focus on spotting abuse rather than playing whack-a-mole with burner accounts.

  • A nicer environment could reset to normal the stress responses that had been thrown out of whack by early-life trauma, these studies showed.

  • CFOs overwhelmingly think the valuation for stocks is out of whack, with 84% of respondents describing equities as overvalued.

  • Say the Democrats: When all else fails, whack them on Social Security.

  • But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.

  • Why is he dialing down the humor and dialing up the moralizing, throwing his immaculate comedic balance out of whack?

  • Apple is working on an automatic alert system that rings a doctor if blood sugar or blood pressure gets out of whack.

  • First, Herz argues, our ability to weigh risk is out of whack, because CrossFit is more like a sport than a Pilates class.

  • Queeker brought the handle of his riding-whip whack down on the flank of his astonished horse, and flew at the fence.

  • When I'd read about a half a minute, he fetched the book a whack with his hand and knocked it across the house.

  • No; I take en whack de bill in two, en give half un it to you, en de yuther half to de yuther woman.

  • Then our trunks broke loose and went crashing back and forth at each other, whack, bang, with a vicious delight.

  • Tim gave the monster a whack with his paddle, which made it quickly sink again.