How to pronounce “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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