knock, belt, rap, whack, whang
(noun) the act of hitting vigorously; “he gave the table a whack”
whack
(noun) the sound made by a sharp swift blow
whack, wham, whop, wallop
(verb) hit hard; “The teacher whacked the boy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whack (plural whacks)
The sound of a heavy strike.
The strike itself.
The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
(US, slang) An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
(originally UK cant, dated) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
(obsolete) A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
(US, obsolete) A deal, an agreement.
(typography, computing, slang) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
whack (third-person singular simple present whacks, present participle whacking, simple past and past participle whacked)
To hit, slap or strike.
• G. W. Cable
(slang) To kill, bump off.
(transitive, slang) To share or parcel out; often with up.
(sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
(UK, usually in the negative) To surpass; to better.
• See also kill
whack (comparative whacker, superlative whackest)
Alternative form of wack (“crazy”)
Source: Wiktionary
Whack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Whacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Whacking.] Etym: [Cf. Thwack.]
Definition: To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. [Colloq.] Rodsmen were whackingtheir way through willow brakes. G. W. Cable.
Whack, v. i.
Definition: To strike anything with a smart blow. To whack away, to continue striking heavy blows; as, to whack away at a log. [Colloq.]
Whack, n.
Definition: A smart resounding blow. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
