whack

whack is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To strike; to beat; to give a heavy or resounding blow to; to thrash; to make with whacks.
2. intransitive verb. To strike anything with a smart blow.
3. noun. A smart resounding blow.
4. noun. the act of hitting vigorously

   "he gave the table a whack"

   Synonyms: belt, knock, rap, whang

5. noun. the sound made by a sharp swift blow
6. verb. hit hard

   "The teacher whacked the boy"

   Synonyms: wallop, wham, whop

Synonyms

belt, knock, rap, whang, wallop, wham, whop

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in whack:

chawk

Common word forms

whacks, whacked, whacker, whacking

Words from these letters

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