just whack

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whack

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definitions

verb

  1. to tackle a task spontaneously and unsystematically, without necessarily having the requisite knowledge, planning, or skills to do so

    2. We didn't have a schedule in mind. It was just, "Let's just do this" ... and we just whack.

    — 2013 March 2, Christopher Toh (quoting Derrick Hoh). Today, "Projecting his star". p.41

  2. (other than as a fixed phrase) to simply attack; see whack

    3. "They never give chance, just whack only"... That's how the Singapore skipper and currently the best player describes the relentless attacks on him by opposing defenders.

    — 1994 April 18. The New Paper, "THE MARKED MAN". p.51


usage notes

When whack is used in this sense, it is almost always in the phrases "anyhow whack" or "just whack".
'Just whack' is also a possible construction in informal English, though not as a fixed phrase like it is in Singlish.


related:

whack anyhow anyhow whack chin chai anyhowly luan tikam tikam-tikam hut luan hut

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