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whack

/wæk/

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adjective

flagrant, énorme

Examples :

"His presentation was a whack idea, completely off-topic and irrelevant to the discussion. "

Sa présentation était une idée flagrante, complètement hors sujet et sans rapport avec la discussion.

attitude language word

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adjective

Mauvais, nul, de mauvaise qualité

Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange.

Examples :

"Every record they ever made was straight-up wack."

Chaque disque qu'ils ont fait était carrément mauvais.

quality attitude character style value

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adjective

fou, dingue

Crazy, mad, insane.

Examples :

""My neighbor is totally whack; he wears a tinfoil hat to protect himself from aliens." "

Mon voisin est complètement dingue ; il porte un chapeau en papier d'aluminium pour se protéger des extraterrestres.

mind character attitude

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adjective

Génial, bizarre, potentiellement effrayant

Cool, bizarre, and potentially scary.

Examples :

"That clown at the birthday party was a little whack; he kept making weird noises and staring. "

Ce clown à la fête d'anniversaire était un peu bizarre ; il n'arrêtait pas de faire des bruits étranges et de fixer les gens.

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noun

Coup, choc

The sound of a heavy strike.

Examples :

"The hammer's whack echoed through the workshop. "

Le coup de marteau résonna dans l'atelier.

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noun

Coup

The strike itself.

Examples :

"The whack of the baseball bat against the ball was loud. "

Le coup de la batte de baseball contre la balle était fort.

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noun

Coup

The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.

Examples :

"The tennis player's whack at the ball was powerful, even if it missed the court entirely. "

Le coup de la joueuse de tennis dans la balle était puissant, même s'il a complètement manqué le court.

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noun

Essai, chance, tour

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

Examples :

"40 bucks a whack."

40 dollars la chance.

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noun

Part, portion

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

Examples :

"My brother got the whack of the leftover pizza; he ate the biggest portion. "

Mon frère a eu la part de la pizza restante ; il a mangé la plus grosse portion.

amount part business economy

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noun

Répartition, partage

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

Examples :

"The teacher announced the final project's points would be whacked up into three separate assignments. "

Le professeur a annoncé que les points du projet final seraient répartis en trois devoirs distincts.

amount business economy

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noun

Accord, entente

A deal, an agreement.

Examples :

"The parents made a whack with the teacher about their child's absences from school. "

Les parents ont conclu un accord avec le professeur concernant les absences de leur enfant à l'école.

business communication

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noun

La barre oblique inversée

The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.

Examples :

"The teacher said the filename should use a forward slash, not a whack. "

Le professeur a dit que le nom de fichier devait utiliser une barre oblique, pas une barre oblique inversée.

computing technical word sign language

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verb

Frapper, frapper

To hit, slap or strike.

Examples :

"The playful puppy will often whack its tail against the furniture when it's excited. "

Le chiot joueur frappe souvent sa queue contre les meubles quand il est excité.

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verb

tuer, assassiner

To kill, bump off.

Examples :

"The mob boss ordered his henchman to whack the informant. "

Le parrain a ordonné à son homme de main de tuer l'informateur.

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verb

Partager, distribuer

To share or parcel out; often with up.

Examples :

"to whack the spoils of a robbery"

Partager le butin d'un vol.

action business economy

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verb

Frapper, battre

To beat convincingly; to thrash.

Examples :

"The stronger player completely whacked his opponent in the chess tournament. "

Le joueur le plus fort a complètement battu son adversaire au tournoi d'échecs.

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verb

Dépasser, battre

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

Examples :

"My sister didn't want to whack her score on the math test, so she studied extra hard. "

Ma sœur ne voulait pas dépasser son score au test de maths, alors elle a étudié très dur.

achievement ability action