whack

Pronúncia: wæk; US: hwæk
    noun
  1. [resounding blow] cop estrepitós, patac.
  2. he gave the table a whack va donar un cop estrepitós a la taula.

  3. [sound of blow] paf, patac, pum.

  4. colloquial intent, temptativa.
  5. to have a whack at something intentar una cosa, provar (de fer) una cosa.
  6. let’s have a whack at it provem-ho.

  7. colloquial [share] part, porció.
  8. to give someone a whack of cake donar a algú un tros de coca.
  9. you’ll get your whack tindràs la part que et correspon.
    10. transitive verb
  10. [strike] pegar, picar.
  11. [child] natjar, surrejar.

  12. colloquial [defeat] guanyar, derrotar, batre.

  13. to whack her up to 20 knots Nautical posar el vaixell a una marxa de 20 nusos.