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. Holly Phillips:

   This checklist of 10 reasons your internal thermostat is out of whack can help you get a handle on why you're chronically freezing your butt off. You're too thin Low body weight — defined as a BMI hovering around 18.5 or under — can chill you out for a couple of reasons. First, when you're underweight, you lack an adequate level of body fat to insulate you from cold temperatures, explained Maggie Moon, RD, a Los Angeles – based nutritionist. The other thing is, to maintain that low BMI, you have to reduce your food intake so you likely aren't eating very much at all. Skimping on calories puts the brakes on your metabolism, so you don't create enough body heat. Consider putting on a few pounds by loading up on whole, healthy foods that contain lots of protein, fat, and complex carbohydrates. RELATED : Subtle Signs of Eating Disorders Your Thyroid is out of whack Add cold intolerance to the long list of health issues you can blame on the butterfly-shaped gland in your neck. Always being cold is a telltale sign of hypothyroidism, which means Your Thyroid doesn't secrete enough thyroid hormone.

2. Jim Manley:

   When there was a Republican administration, as a Democrat, at the risk of stating the obvious, I'm not so sure we spent much time working on the details more than how we were creating the sound bites to push (Republicans) back and take a whack at them.

3. James Carafano:

   We are still operating under the 2011 strategy and the problem with that is even if we drive ISIS out of Iraq, the [Obama] administration will just basically go back to sleep. They are not treating this for what it is – a global, Islamic insurgency, we have to go to the source … until radical Islam is defeated, it’s just going to be ‘whack a mole’ for a generation … until we stop that radical ideology that is fueling them, this is never going to end.

4. Lois Greste:

   Juris suggested I put him over my knee and give him a whack.

5. Warren Buffett:

   There have been no surprises at IBM since we started buying it a few years ago, we expected revenue to come down. We expected a year like this where foreign exchange would take a whack off revenues.