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[WHAUP.] whack, v. t. & i. [The same word as thwack (q. v.).) A. Trans.: To thwack, to thrash; to give a heavy and sounding blow to. "Father whacks her and the children in turns."-Field, Sept. 24, 1887. B. In trans.: To strike or continue striking anything with heavy, sounding blows. "Yet the Flannigans and the Murphys paid no heed to him, but whacked away at each other with increasing vigor."-London Daily Telegraph . whack, s. [WHACK, V.] 1. A heavy, sounding blow; a thwack. "A blow descended it was a whack." - Barham: In golds by Legends ( Lady Rohesia ). 2. A large piece; a share, a portion. ( Slang .) "This young bachelor had taken his share (what he called his whack ) of pleasure." -Thackeray : Shabby -genteel Story, ch. v. whacker, subst . [WHACK.] Something uncommonly large; a whopper; a great lie. ( Slang .) "Good half-pounders every one, with an occasional whacker of ten ounces." - Field , Nov. 14, 1887.