Synonyms for whack
ʰwæk, wækwhack

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1. whacknoun

   the sound made by a sharp swift blow

   Synonyms:
   whang, knock, rap, belt

2. knock, belt, rap, whack, whangverb

   the act of hitting vigorously

   "he gave the table a whack"

   Synonyms:
   bang, strike, swath, roast, rap, tap, belt, knock, belted ammunition, pat, belt ammunition, blame, whang, rap music, knocking, bash, hip-hop, smash

3. whack, wham, whop, wallopverb

   hit hard

   "The teacher whacked the boy"

   Synonyms:
   wallop, whap, sock, bonk, bash, bop, whop, wham

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1. whackverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] strike, beat, thrash, THWACK

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1. List of paraphrases for "whack":

   kill

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1. Brian Flannery:

   It was literally whack-a-mole. You would get the okay to spend cash when there was an incident. A reactive security program in that kind of environment is not what you're looking for.

2. Samm Sacks:

   If we continue to play the game of whack-a-mole with Chinese apps that are perceived as a threat, I don't think that makes us anymore secure.

3. Kevin McCarthy:

   Incentives matter. And the incentives today are out of whack, it’s time to get Americans back to work.

4. Mark Warner:

   Instead of playing whack-a-mole on Huawei one day, ZTE the next, Kasperky, TikTok — we need a more comprehensive approach to evaluating and mitigating these threats posed by these foreign technologies from these adversarial nations.

5. Howard Seaver:

   I think [Sanders] saw and we all saw the downside of the Soviet system, yes, they may have had low-cost apartments, but things were very out of whack — there were food shortages, no political freedom.