whack

/wæk/

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English:

whack

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definitions

verb

  1. to attack; to beat up

    2. The driver drew out his toolbox and handed me a long spanner. ‘Eh signaller, for you to whack the pai nang.’ ‘Thanks, but if I kena whack, I’ll still rely on your Shaolin wushu to help me.’

    — 1994 C.S. Chong NS: An Air-Level Story p.90

  2. to tackle a task without necessarily having the requisite knowledge, planning, or skills to do so

    3. If you’ve ever walked past a Singapore Pools outlet and found yourself itching for a bet and prepared to “just whack” on any match...

    — 2008, David Ngiau, Weekend Today, 30 August, 55

  3. to do (especially eat) hurriedly or greedily; wallop

    4. When the restaurant first came up with its all-you-can-eat promo, hundreds of Singaporean office workers descended upon it at lunchtime to try their luck at whacking the promising buffet.

    synonyms:

    gasak sapu

usage notes

When whack is used in the second sense, it is almost always in the phrases "anyhow whack" or "just whack".


related:

anyhow whack just whack sapu suka-suka tikam-tikam tikam pak hut piak png thang luan hut