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whacks

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The sound of a heavy strike.

Examples :

"The dull whacks from the construction site next door made it hard to concentrate. "

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The strike itself.

Examples :

"The baseball player practices his swing, focusing on the power in his whacks against the tee. "

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The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.

Examples :

"The baseball player's whacks were impressive, even though he missed the ball every time. "

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An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.

Examples :

"40 bucks a whack."

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(originally Britain cant) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.

Examples :

""After a long day of helping unload the truck, he deserved a good whacks of the pizza." "

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A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.

Examples :

""After the bake sale, the students decided on the whacks for each club, carefully calculating how much money each would receive." "

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A deal, an agreement.

Examples :

""We made whacks with our neighbor - I'll mow their lawn this week, and they'll take care of our pets while we're away." "

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The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.

Examples :

"My teacher said we need to use forward slashes, not whacks, to separate the parts of a URL when writing website addresses. "

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To hit, slap or strike.

Examples :

"The toddler whacks the drum with a toy hammer. "

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To kill, bump off.

Examples :

"The mafia boss ordered his men to make sure nobody whacks his nephew. "

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To share or parcel out; often with up.

Examples :

"to whack the spoils of a robbery"

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To beat convincingly; to thrash.

Examples :

"Our team whacks the competition every year in the annual basketball tournament. "

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(usually in the negative) To surpass; to better.

Examples :

"Even with extra practice, I don't think my score whacks hers on the math test. "

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