whack

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Tính thường xuyên

C1
Phát âm là (IPA)
/wæk/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

In summary

Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).

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