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Webster 1913 Edition


Whack

Whack

,
Verb.
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.]
Rodsmen were
whacking
their way through willow brakes.
G. W. Cable.

Whack

,
Verb.
I.
To strike anything with a smart blow.
To whack away
,
to continue striking heavy blows;
as,
to whack away
at a log
.
[Colloq.]

Whack

,
Noun.
1.
A smart resounding blow.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Whack

WHACK

,
Verb.
T.
To strike. This is probably the primary word on which is formed thwack. [See Twit.] Whack is a vulgar word.