whacks
Delivers sharp blows
Whacks is the plural of whack, a sharp blow or the sound it makes: The piñata broke after several whacks.
As a verb form, whacks means strikes forcefully: She whacks the ball into the outfield.
In slang, to whack someone can mean to kill them, so whacks may describe multiple hits or murders: The mob boss ordered whacks on three informants.
Successful contact or strike
Forceful contact between objects
- crashSudden violent impact
- smashBreak violently apart
- slamForceful impact or closure
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
shock · thud · bang · concussion · recoil · jarring · rattling · force
Striking the buttocks
- caningStriking with a rod
- paddlingStroking water with blades
- floggingBeating as punishment
- lashingBeating or binding
beating · thrashing · belting · birching · switching · smacking · corporal · chastisement
Causes to die
- murdersIntentional unlawful killings
- assassinatesMurders a prominent person
- hitsBlows or successes
- rubs outRemoves by abrasion
offs · eliminates · takes out · executes · knocks off · does in · bumps off · dispatches
hit
Successful contact or strike
wallop · bash · clout · clobber · sock · belt · swat · swipe · slug · biff
collision
Forceful contact between objects
jolt · shock · thud · bang · concussion · recoil · jarring · rattling · force · blow
spanking
Striking the buttocks
lashing · beating · thrashing · belting · birching · switching · smacking · corporal · chastisement · discipline
kills
Causes to die
- murdersIntentional unlawful killings
- assassinatesMurders a prominent person
- hitsBlows or successes
rubs out · offs · eliminates · takes out · executes · knocks off · does in · bumps off · dispatches · snuffs
- out of whackNot functioning properly
- weed whackerHandheld lawn edging tool
- whack jobSlang for deranged person
- whacked offCut off forcefully
- whack offMale self-gratification
- whacking offMale solo sexual act