out of whack
Wrong, broken; specifically
In its hearty directness, “Winner” suggests that being mad as hell at a system that’s out of whack is as American as Hollywood itself.
whack
/ˈwæk/
noun 5verb 5adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
real
VERB + WHACK
take
WHACK + NOUN
job, meat
PREP.
about, on, out
ADV.
already
Definitions
noun
1
The sound of a heavy strike.
2
The strike itself.
Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.
3
The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
4
An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
C'mon. Take a whack at it.
40 bucks a whack.
5
A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
I don’t care about much wine afterwards—I take my whack at dinner—I mean my share, you know; and when I have had as much as I want I toddle up to tea.
“It’s damned tame, whatever it is, comin’ in here at feedin’ time an’ gettin’ its whack of fish.”
verb
1
To hit, slap or strike.
The bat whacked the baseball.
Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man, - I was told the chief's son, - in desperation at hearing the old chap yell, made a tentative jab with a spear at the white man - and of course it went quite easy between the shoulder-blades.
2
To assassinate, bump off.
Niko Bellic: So you want me to talk to him? / Jimmy Pegorino: I want you to whack him! And after that I want you to kill all the other rats I surround myself with...
Ken Barrett, a loyalist gunman who eventually confessed to killing Mr. Finucane on orders from the paramilitary Ulster Defense Association, told a BBC investigative reporter, John Ware, that when he’d expressed reluctance about “whacking” a solicitor[…]
3
To share or parcel out (often with up).
to whack the spoils of a robbery
When the sewer-hunters consider they have searched long enough […] the gang […] count out the money they have picked up, and proceed to dispose of the old metal, bones, rope, &c.; this done, they then, as they term it, “whack” the whole lot; that is, they divide it equally among all hands.
4
To beat convincingly; to thrash.
The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.
5
To surpass; to better.
Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!
adj
1
Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”).
That's whack, yo!
As they joked about the big butts on female celebrities and what rappers had the whackest lyrics, Malcolm paid little attention to Kalia besides squeezing her hand or grabbing her arm to hold himself up […]
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Idioms & Phrases
cop one's whack
To die.
...or the time the phone rang in the middle of the night and they knew before they answered that Auntie Jeanie had copped her whack.
whack one out
To masturbate.
whack up
To divide into shares; divvy.
We'll whack up fair with you, Hitchcock. In everything you'll get your quarter-share, neither more nor less; and you can take it or leave it.
take a whack at
To try or attempt to do something.
Example Bank
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Saka was a threat from the first whistle; Ukraine rightly wary of him and dishing out the usual whacks.
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C'mon. Take a whack at it.
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40 bucks a whack.
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The bat whacked the baseball.
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Therefore he whacked the old nigger mercilessly, while a big crowd of his people watched him, thunderstruck, till some man, - I was told the chief's son, - in desperation at hearing the old chap yell,
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G. W. Cable Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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