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S vs Whack - What's the difference?

s | whack |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun whack is

a blow, impact or slap.

As a verb whack is

to hit, slap or strike.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    whack

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A blow, impact or slap.
  • A share or portion.
  • * 1951 , , Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922 ,
  • For one thing I had a splendid supper when I got on board—a whack of cold, lean beef and pighells, bread, butter ad lib. , tea, and plenty of good bread.
  • An attempt.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit, slap or strike.
  • * G. W. Cable
  • Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
  • (slang) To kill, bump off.
  • To share or parcel out.
  • (label) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
  • * 2012 , Ryan Pyette, Majors, Panthers play mind games, The London Free Press:
  • The fidgety Majors were whacked 9-1 by the Kitchener Panthers at Couch and now trail their rivals 2-0 in an increasingly uncomfortable best-of-seven Intercounty Baseball League first-round series.
  • To surpass; to better.
  • * 2012 , Steve Cullen, Total Flyfisher:
  • Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * out of whack * whack off * whack the illy * whacky English onomatopoeias