Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To hit, slap or strike. · To assassinate, bump off. · To share or parcel out (often with up). · To beat convincingly; to thrash.
Alternative spelling of wack (“annoyingly or disappointingly bad”).
The sound of a heavy strike. · The strike itself. · The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact. · An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
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