Whack vs Collision - What's the difference?
whack | collision | Related terms |
A blow, impact or slap.
A share or portion.
* 1951 , , Letters to John Middleton Murry, 1913-1922 ,
An attempt.
To hit, slap or strike.
* G. W. Cable
(slang) To kill, bump off.
To share or parcel out.
(label) To beat convincingly; to thrash.
* 2012 , Ryan Pyette,
To surpass; to better.
* 2012 , Steve Cullen,
An instance of colliding.
* 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
Whack is a related term of collision.
As nouns the difference between whack and collision
is that whack is a blow, impact or slap while collision is an instance of colliding.As a verb whack
is to hit, slap or strike.whack
English
Noun
(en noun)- 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.
Verb
(en verb)- Rodsmen were whacking their way through willow brakes.
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.
Total Flyfisher:
- Recently I was over in Ireland, I love the place, proper fishing, can't whack it!
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* out of whack * whack off * whack the illy * whacky English onomatopoeiascollision
English
Noun
(en noun)- At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision .