WHACK
NOUNS
► BASTINADE ► BASTONADE a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet → 1660 arch.
► BASTINADO a blow with a stick or cudgel; a whack or thwack; esp. one upon the soles of the feet → 1577 arch.
► BIFF a whack, a hard punch or blow; a slap → 1847 Amer. sl.
► TALLIWAP a stroke, a hard blow, a whack, a wallop → a1825 Sc.
► WALLOP a heavy resounding blow; a whack → 1823 colloq.
► YANKER a smart blow or stroke, a whack → 1825 Sc. obs.
VERBS
► BIFF to whack, to hit hard, to strike → 1888 sl.
► LAMBAISE to lambaste, to whack, to belabour → 1913 Sc.
► QUILT to beat, to thrash soundly, to flog, to belabour, to whack → 1836 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
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