whacked

«whacked» in Mova's school dictionary: hit hard with a loud noise — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past of «whack»: whack, whacks, whacked, whacking); adjective (whacked — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Whacked means hit hard with a loud noise. tree →

2) (informal, UK, Australia) Whacked or whacked out means extremely tired. tree →

3) (slang, US) Whacked or wacked can mean crazy or strange. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and sports: «he whacked the ball over the fence». In everyday British and Australian talk: «I'm whacked» after a long day. In US slang, «that's whacked» means that's crazy. Phrases: «whacked out», «whacked the ball».

examples

• She whacked the ball right over the fence. tree →
• He whacked his knee on the table. tree →
• I'm whacked after that cross-country run. tree →
• Mum was totally whacked after her night shift. tree →
• Dad whacked the nail with a hammer. tree →
• That idea is totally whacked! tree →
• The batsman whacked a six. tree →

note

Past of whack: whacked. Informal. Safety: hitting people is wrong; «whacked» about people can describe violence. In US slang «wack» or «wacked» (bad, crazy) is spelled without «h» too.

In the corpora

• "Whacked" is American gangster slang for murdered.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «whacked» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.