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# whack

verb (whack, whacks, whacked, whacking); noun (a whack, whacks); adjective (whacked, informal)

«whack» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To hit something or someone hard, often with a stick or hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#m1)
2. A hard hit, or the sound of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#m2)
3. (informal) A share or amount of something, as in «pay your whack». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#m3)
4. (informal) «Have a whack at it» means have a try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#m4)
5. (slang) «Whacked» or «whacked out» means very tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#m5)
6. (slang, US) «Out of whack» means not working properly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#m6)

### In the lessons

In stories it gives a loud, comic hitting action. In everyday talk, «out of whack» means something is broken or wrong, and «I'm whacked» means very tired. Hitting people is not okay; you whack a ball, a nail or a piñata.

### Examples

- He whacked the ball over the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x1)
- The piñata burst open with one big whack. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x2)
- Give it a whack, it might start working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x3)
- I'll have a whack at the puzzle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x4)
- My sleep is all out of whack after the holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x5)
- I'm completely whacked after the swimming race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x6)
- Everyone paid their whack for the pizza. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x7)
- Instead he gave them each a hard whack over the head with it and sent them home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/#x8)

### Note

Informal word. The «h» is silent for most speakers: «wack». «Wack» (slang, US) without h means bad or silly, a different word. Hitting people or animals hurts; say «whack» for things.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whack/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whack» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whack.html) on Mova free.