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whack

noun as in try, attempt

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So, on the one hand, it’s like they’re playing whack-a-mole with extremists without necessarily being willing to change the design of the social network that’s built to elevate extremism.

From Vox

Yet the county still prohibits the sale of cannabis, meaning deputies are constantly engaged in a game of whack-a-mole with illegal shops.

Telepath’s name policy is meant to make sure the content moderation team can fully focus on spotting abuse rather than playing whack-a-mole with burner accounts.

A nicer environment could reset to normal the stress responses that had been thrown out of whack by early-life trauma, these studies showed.

CFOs overwhelmingly think the valuation for stocks is out of whack, with 84% of respondents describing equities as overvalued.

From Fortune

Say the Democrats: When all else fails, whack them on Social Security.

But this new flavor of rhetorical flimflam is still pretty, well, whack.

Why is he dialing down the humor and dialing up the moralizing, throwing his immaculate comedic balance out of whack?

Apple is working on an automatic alert system that rings a doctor if blood sugar or blood pressure gets out of whack.

First, Herz argues, our ability to weigh risk is out of whack, because CrossFit is more like a sport than a Pilates class.

Queeker brought the handle of his riding-whip whack down on the flank of his astonished horse, and flew at the fence.

When I'd read about a half a minute, he fetched the book a whack with his hand and knocked it across the house.

No; I take en whack de bill in two, en give half un it to you, en de yuther half to de yuther woman.

Then our trunks broke loose and went crashing back and forth at each other, whack, bang, with a vicious delight.

Tim gave the monster a whack with his paddle, which made it quickly sink again.

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On this page you'll find 156 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to whack, such as: wallop, bang, bash, bat, beat, and belt.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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