Whack vs Shiv - What's the difference?
whack | shiv |
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,
A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
(computing) A shim, i.e. a small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
To stab someone with a shiv.
(by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
As nouns the difference between whack and shiv
is that whack is a blow, impact or slap while shiv is a knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).As verbs the difference between whack and shiv
is that whack is to hit, slap or strike while shiv is to stab someone with a shiv.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!
