whack

whack
1.
(coll.) transitive verb (strike heavily) hauen (ugs.)
2. noun
1) (heavy blow) Schlag, der

give somebody a whack on the bottom — jemandem eins auf den Hintern geben (ugs.)

2) (share) Anteil, der
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[wæk] 1. verb
(to strike smartly, making a loud sound: His father whacked him for misbehaving.) vermöbeln
2. noun
(a blow: His father gave him a whack across the ear.) der Schlag
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whack
[(h)wæk]
I. vt (fam)
1. (hit)
to \whack sth/sb etw/jdn schlagen
2. (defeat)
to \whack sb jdn [haushoch] besiegen [o schlagen
3. (put)
to \whack sth somewhere etw irgendwohin reinstecken fam
just \whack your card into the machine and out comes the money! du brauchst deine Karte nur in den Automat zu stecken und schon kommt das Geld raus!
4. AM (murder)
to \whack sb jdn umlegen fam
II. n
1. (blow) Schlag m
to give sb/an animal a \whack jdm/einem Tier einen Schlag versetzen
to give sth a [good] \whack auf etw akk [ordentlich] [ein]schlagen
2. no pl (fam: share, part) Satz m
to pay full [or top] \whack den vollen Satz bezahlen
3. no pl (fam: deal)
a fair \whack ein fairer Handel
4.
to have a \whack at sth (fam) etw mal versuchen fam
to be out of \whack AM, AUS (fam) nicht in Ordnung sein
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[wk]
1. n
1) (inf: blow) (knallender) Schlag

to give sb a whack — jdm einen Schlag versetzen

to give sth a whack — auf etw (acc) schlagen

2) (esp Brit inf = attempt) Versuch m

to have a whack at sth/at doing sth — etw probieren or versuchen, sich an etw (dat) versuchen

I'll have a whack at it — ich will mich mal (d)ranwagen

3) (esp Brit inf = share) (An)teil m

we're offering £50,000, top whack — wir bieten höchstens or maximal £ 50.000

he's earning the top whack — er bekommt das Spitzengehalt

2. vt
1) (inf: hit) schlagen, hauen (inf)
2) (inf: defeat) (haushoch) schlagen
3) (inf: exhaust) erschlagen (inf)
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whack [wæk; hwæk]
A v/t
1. jemandem einen knallenden Schlag versetzen:
whack off abhacken, abschlagen
2. auch whack out bes Br umg schaffen (erschöpfen):
whacked (out) fertig, erledigt
3. whack up umg aufteilen (between unter akk)
4. whack out US umg ein Essen, einen Roman etc hinzaubern
B v/i
1. schlagen (at nach)
2. meist whack off vulg wichsen, sich einen runterholen (beide vulg) (masturbieren)
C s
1. knallender Schlag
2. umg Anteil m (of an dat)
3. umg Versuch m:
have a whack at sth etwas probieren
4. US umg be out of whack kaputt sein;
be out of whack with nicht im Einklang stehen mit
* * *
1.
(coll.) transitive verb (strike heavily) hauen (ugs.)
2. noun
1) (heavy blow) Schlag, der

give somebody a whack on the bottom — jemandem eins auf den Hintern geben (ugs.)

2) (share) Anteil, der
* * *
v.
durchprügeln v.
verhauen v. n.
Puff ¨-e m.

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