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wack
English
Alternative forms
- whack
Etymology
Back-formation from wacky.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wæk/
- Homophone: whack (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Adjective
wack (comparative wacker, superlative wackest)
- Exceptionally bad, egregious.
- (hip-hop slang) Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange.
- Every record they ever made was straight-up wack.
- (slang) Crazy, mad, insane.
- Cool, bizarre, and potentially scary.
Noun
wack (plural wacks)
- An eccentric; an oddball; a weirdo.
Synonyms
- wackjob, wacko; see also Thesaurus:strange person
Translations
Anagrams
- cawk
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swack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swæk/
Etymology 1
From Scots swack, from Middle English swac (“weak”), from Old English *swæc (found in derivative swæceh?ow (“weakmindedness, nonsense”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swak (“weak”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian swäk, West Frisian swak, Dutch zwak, German Low German swack, German schwach.
Adjective
swack (comparative swacker, superlative swackest)
- (Scotland) Lithe; nimble.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:
- it came the turn of a brave young childe with a red head and the swackest legs you ever saw, […] and as soon as he began the drill you saw he'd carry off the prize.
- 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 37:
Synonyms
- gracile, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender and Thesaurus:flexible
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
swack (plural swacks)
- (slang) A large number or amount of something.
- She gave me a swack of books.
Etymology 3
Considered dialect by Wright, but now widespread. Scottish National Dictionary proposes an origin in Old Scots (Middle English) swak ("to throw violently"). Compare Scots swak, swack (“to throw with violent force, dash", also "a hard blow or whack”). Compare also Middle Dutch swacken (“to shake, wave”).
Noun
swack (plural swacks)
- Synonym of smack
- A sharp blow.
- The sound of a sharp blow.
- A wet sound such as a loud kiss.
- A striking stimulus.
- A sharp blow.
- An attack, a swipe.
- A single attempt or instance of taking action; a crack; a go.
- clout; influence.
- A gulp or hearty swallow.
Verb
swack (third-person singular simple present swacks, present participle swacking, simple past and past participle swacked)
- To smack.
- To slap or hit.
- To make a swack (sound).
- To slap or hit.
- To consume with hearty enjoyment.
- To labour; to exert an effort.
Adverb
swack (comparative more swack, superlative most swack)
- With a swack, to the point of touching.
Etymology 4
Noun
swack (plural swacks)
- A bum or petty thief.
References
- “swack” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
- Wright, Joseph (1904) The English Dialect Dictionary?[1], volume 5, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 859
Anagrams
- Wacks, cawks, wacks
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
swak +? -k
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /swat?sk/
Noun
swack m
- Diminutive of swak (brother-in-law)
Declension
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