Collocations for "whacking"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "whacking" in context.
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whack
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- heard a loud whack
- gave her a whack [across the face, in the stomach]
- gave the [table, ball, coconut] a whack
- gave the [flies, branches] a good whack
- gave it a whack on the [top, bottom, side]
- came [open, apart] with a few whacks
- got a whack for [being rude, swearing]
- informal: took a whack at the [job, jump]
- informal: take a whack at [finding, spotting, analyzing]
- informal: let me take a whack at it
- informal: the [numbers, controls] are out of whack
- whacked the ball [back, at, to]
- whack [him, the piñata]
- whacked her on her [head, elbow, arm]
- whacked his [head, forehead] against the [table, window, door]
- whacked [his thumb, her finger] with the hammer
- she was whacked out by [the run, the ordeal, her kids]
- whack [him, the children, the dog] out
- the [drugs, dope] whacked me out
- he was whacked by [the mob, a hitman, the feds]
- he was whacked for [money, drugs, not paying]