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How to pronounce “whack”
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Pronunciation guide for whack
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of whack with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Innovation in Breast Cancer Prevention & Treatment
like I'm playing whack-a-mole.
- Definition summary
- The sound of a heavy strike.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce whack
Innovation in Breast Cancer Prevention & Treatment
like I'm playing whack-a-mole.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “whack”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- 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, somewhat 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.
- (dated, disco-era drug slang) PCP, phencyclidine (as also wack).
- (slang, computing, typography) The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
- (slang) Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”)
- [Verb]
- To hit, slap or strike.
- (slang) To assassinate, bump off.
- (transitive, slang) To share or parcel out (often with up).
- (sports) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
- (UK, chiefly in the negative) To surpass; to better.
- (Singapore, Singlish) To attempt something despite not knowing how to do it; to take on a task spontaneously and carelessly without planning.
- (Singapore, Singlish) To eat something hurriedly.
- [Adjective]
- Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”).
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