whack

whack
wæk
1. verb
(to strike smartly, making a loud sound: His father whacked him for misbehaving.) pegar, zurrar

2. noun
(a blow: His father gave him a whack across the ear.) golpe, porrazo
whack
tr[wæk]
noun
1 (blow) golpe nombre masculino, porrazo
2 familiar (share) parte nombre femenino, porción nombre femenino
■ everyone has had their whack todos han recibido su parte
3 familiar (attempt) tentativa
■ I'll have a whack at it lo intentaré, probaré suerte
transitive verb
1 (hit hard - gen) pegar, zurrar; (- ball) golpear fuerte
whack ['hwæk] vt
: golpear (fuertemente), aporrear
whack n
1) : golpe m fuerte, porrazo m
2) attempt: intento m, tentativa f
whack
v.
• dar un buen golpe a v.
• golpear ruidosamente v.
• pegar v.
n.
• golpe ruidoso s.m.
• trastazo s.m.
• zarpazo s.m.

I hwæk, wæk
noun (blow) golpe m, porrazo m; (sound) zas!

II
transitive verb golpear, aporrear; \<\<person\>\> pegarle* a
[wæk]
1. N
1) (=blow) golpe m fuerte, porrazo m

to give sb a whack — dar un golpe fuerte or un porrazo a algn

to give sth a whack — golpear algo ruidosamente

2) * (=attempt)

to have a whack at sth — intentar algo, probar algo

let's have a whack (at it) — probemos, intentemos

3) * (=share) parte f , porción f

you'll get your whack — recibirás tu parte

4) *

the car does 200kph top whack — a toda máquina, el coche alcanza una velocidad de 200km/h

5)

out of whack — (US) * fastidiado

2.
EXCL

whack! — ¡zas!

3. VT
1) (=beat) golpear, aporrear; (=defeat) dar una paliza a *

he whacked me with a cane — me dio con una palmeta

2) (fig)

the problem has me whacked — el problema me trae perplejo

we've got the problem whacked at last — por fin hemos resuelto el problema

* * *

I [hwæk, wæk]
noun (blow) golpe m, porrazo m; (sound) zas!

II
transitive verb golpear, aporrear; \<\<person\>\> pegarle* a

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