whack

Most anyone born in the 20th century would take one look at her plush retro alarm clock radio and instinctively feel the urge to whack its elongated vinyl “snooze” button.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Scotland have brought the party to the United States, and it was maybe this influence that prompted the DJ to whack on Freed From Desire.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese,” McAfee told me.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The truth is college sports have always been a little out of whack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

I was all right at tetherball, even if I did flinch once when I thought the ball was going to whack me in the head, and Candace Sims laughed at me.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

The symbolism whacks you like a 90-pound dumbbell: Being more manly solves everything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Tech shares have taken their share of whacks in the past few months.

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

Speculative effort from Martina Piemonte, who from around 40 yards out whacks the ball towards the Arsenal goal.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2024

Next to a concrete-block outhouse, he whacks balls off a tee using a crude bat fashioned from a tree branch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023

He gave the window two solid whacks with his cane, and rather than shattering the glass, the cane just bounced off.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Sepinwall recalled how, back when “The Sopranos” first aired in the late 1990s and 2000s, most people were watching it at the same time, making it easier to avoid spoiling who got whacked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Will Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media behemoth Meta Platforms get whacked with a legal judgment equal to its entire $1.4 trillion stock-market value?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

He whacked five sixes and five fours with a combination of power and flair, including a monstrous six over mid-wicket to surpass the previous highest team total of 226.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Indeed, as the band, including Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Lewis and Schwartzman, performed the Bobby Fuller Four’s single “Let Her Dance,” Murray indeed whacked the hell out of that thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

And we’ll get whacked in the forehead when the stuff turns out not to be Reston but its big sister.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

So now he’s whacking Canada harder for punching back.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

After whacking the ball into the stands in frustration, Parry regained her composure to eventually see out the straight-set victory after two hours and 26 minutes.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Markets are treading water due to other concerns too—notably private credit and ongoing fears about artificial intelligence whacking software and services companies.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

Ellie Kildunne, whose concussion symptoms must have eased judging by the way she was whacking a pitchside drum, has more obvious stardust to her game.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2025

“Well, I wouldn’t just start whacking at it or we might be dead before noon. We need to be careful. Delicate, precise hits on the clasps.”

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner