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Meaning: (slang,idiomatic)Todivideintoshares;divvy.1901, Jack London,The God of his Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke:We'llwhack upfair with you, Hitchcock. In everything you'll get your quarter-share, neither more nor less; and you can take it or leave it.1906, P. G. Wodehouse,Love Among the Chickens:Whack upwhatever we have in the larder, and eat that.2010, Kenny Gallo, Matthew Randazzo V, Matthew Randazzo,Breakshot: A Life in the 21st Century American Mafia, page19:American dealer breaks up,whacks up, packages, and sells kilo piecemeal for $35,0002012, Mark Brandon Read,Chopper Unchopped:The very best of friends will gather towhack upthe booty, and each man will sit at the table with his hand on his gun butt as the pie gets cut up. Very often a six-man gang can meet towhack upthe proceeds and turn into a three or four-man gang in a few bloody moments of gunfire.2018, D.J. Cook,Hands Up, page177:Just as he was leaving the stable, however, to go home, one of the detectives came and wanted the baggage belonging to the three men who had been taken from the coach that day, saying that there was more than one hundred thousand in money in the outfit, besides considerable jewelry, and that he would "whack up” with the driver if he would get it.; (slang,idiomatic)Topay, especially reluctantly or with difficulty; tocough up; toshell out.1903, Craig McClure, “Unprevaricated Proverbs”, inHome Journal, volume59, page13:A woman does not doubt her husband's work, of course, when manufactures, like home made candy, leaving hubby to pay for the raw materials; or else to take a lodger into the flat for which the same hubbywhacks up$37.50 every month.1906, Canada. Parliament,Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons, page4881:He is approached by some person who tells him that he knows of a homestead that is open, but, of course, it will take a little to secure it: if the intending settler is ready towhack up$1 or $2 an acre, the place can be secured.1958,Over Here - Volume 4, page45:I said in th' letter that'd I'dwhack uphalf.; (slang)Tocut uporchop up.1911, Walt Mason, “The Commercial Basis”, inFarm Journal, volumes35-36, page93:I havewhacked upsome wood, and I'm sure of this fact, that it pays to be good.1920,Hearst's International - Volume 38, page48:Let's ply the saw and speed her, andwhack upelm and cedar, and thus, O gentle reader, our well-known bulwarks guard.2009, Cindy Traisi,Because They Matter, Too, page14:"He looks pretty bad," Stan said. "He was cut up by the rotors of an outboard motor and iswhacked upall over."; (slang)Tostrikesomeone or somethingrepeatedlyor veryforcefully.1883, John Alexander Joyce,A Checkered Life, page25:The long check-reinwhacked upthe leader, and sent the whole team on a brisk trot down the winding grade to the music of a black-snake whip, its sharp notes resounding among the hills and vales of the "blue-grass land."1987, “The Rebirth of John Rocca”, inBlues & Soul, numbers474-485, page18:Five months or so have now passed since I was with John in New York and I am now sitting in 'the bunker' at Beggars–the basement floor of the building where Tim can quite happilywhack uphis bass beats and not disturb the neighbours waiting his arrival.2009, Tony Lambrianou,Inside the Firm - The Untold Story of The Krays' Reign of Terror:They gotwhacked upin the air a bit, and after that Humphries decided he needed a Rule 43 protection in the block —isolation from other prisoners.2021, Louise Erdrich,The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008, page 6:One night Stephan was off somewhere, I took myself a hammer. I went out to that car and I did a number on its underside.Whacked it up.2023, Iro Blahnik,The Ruthless Alpha's Innocent Breeder（Part II:"Let go of me, Claudius! I'm leaving!" I said between gritted teeth andwhacked uphis chest.; (slang,idiomatic)Tocontrolordominatesomeone or something in athoroughorseveremanner.1961, Edward J. Carlough,Aluminum Light, page 9:District 50 is trying towhack upthe AFL- CIO, " said Carlough, "why doesn't the AFL - CIO go out andwhack upDistrict 50?"; (slang,idiomatic)Tocreateorproducein asuddenorhaphazardmanner.1911, Ambrose Bierce,The Devil's Dictionary:And at intervals from behind the veil of the temple is heard the voice of the foreman demanding three inches of wit and six lines of religious meditation, or bidding him turn off the wisdom andwhack upsome pathos.1956December, Jerry Parker, “Blow That Stud Down!”, inPopular Science, volume169, number 6, page156:Or perhaps you'd like a row of outlets over a workbench. Another guardwhacks upmetal raceway in minutes.1994, Ralph Moody,Horse of a Different Color, page242:After I'd washed up I put on a pot of coffee andwhacked upa big batch of biscuits.2013, Shonagh Koea,The Best of Shonagh Koea's Short Stories:I'llwhack upa bit of toast and I've got some cinnamon,' she said, 'somewhere. I'llwhack upcinnamon toast.'2019, Felicity Castagna,No More Boats:They came from countries where you justwhacked upa scaffold with bamboo and string and when everything collapsed you covered up the whole mess by throwing the buildings and bodies into giant holes in the ground and starting again.; (slang,idiomatic)Togathertogether; toaccumulateorcome up with.1897, Rudyard Kipling,"Captains Courageous": A Story of the Grand Banks, page173:The men was all to the Banks, and Counahan hewhacked upan iverlastin' hard crowd fer crew.1922,The Cosmopolitan - Volume 72, page74:Worships the ground you tread on but can'twhack upthe ginger to tell you so.1987, Dixon Scott,A Fresh Wind in the Willows, page13:When the chaps who areinare allout, the other team goesinfor their whack and if they canwhack upmore runs before they'reoutthan the other chaps did whiletheywere in, they're the winners.2006, Allen M. Hornblum,Confessions of a Second Story Man, page138:Sometimes we'd make decent money . We'dwhack upfive, six , seven thousand dollars, so you might grab anywhere from a "G" to a couple thousand a night.; (slang,idiomatic)Toinjectanillegaldrug.2003, Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart,Aids: Safety, Sexuality and Risk, page134:If I tried towhack upI wouldn't get a vein it would clog up with blood, the works, the syringe, would clog up with blood and that's it,2018, Tim Watson-Munro,A Shrink in the Clink:When I barged in, he had a needle hanging out of his arm... He asked me if I wanted to try it and I did ... Iwhacked upright then.'2020, Mark Halsey, Melissa de Vel-Palumbo,Generations Through Prison:I seen my mumwhacking upin front of me and I remember I asked her one day, I said, 'Fucking let me have a shot of that, ' ... And ... she turned around and she goes, ' If you're going to do it in front of anybody, you do it in front of me.'; (slang)Tohit,send, ormoveforwardorupwardquicklyorforcefully.2001, Lisa M. Tillmann-Healy,Between Gay and Straight, page47:Swinging through, the batterwhacks it upthe left field line .2012, L. Ron Hubbard,Mouthpiece:The sedan careened, flopped over to the right. Its headlightswhacked upand then gracefully swept down into emptiness.2022, George Veck,One Visit:Once spotting Razza, a top-tier customer, hewhacks uphis thumb.2022, Vinnie Green,How to Steal Ten Million Dollars, page143:Gloria's knowledge of his predilections, worth every ounce of cocaine shewhacked upher snout;; (idiomatic)Toincreaseorraiseby asizeableamount.2001, Australia. Parliament,Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Representatives, page26050:Every time they need more money, theywhack uppersonal income tax and they spend the money. They need more money ; theywhack upexcise on fuel.2008, Kate Santon,Perfect Calorie Counting:Frying onionswhacks upthe count – 100g of fried onions contains 146 calories.2018, Jon Morris,The League of Regrettable Sidekicks, page178:Thatwhacks uphis glandular system andcool - o'- I'm here! "2021, Juno Dawson,Stay Another Day:Dadwhacks upthe heating in the people carrier.; (slang,idiomatic)Tomess up.1957, Burrhus Frederic Skinner,Verbal Behavior, page 4:on all the long bars it was even; the short bars we would leave in—that is,whack upthe length; so that the short bars wouldn't come out as far as the long bars; but I put some of the short bars on the long bars and some of the long bars on the short bars;2011, Allie Spencer,Summer Loving, page40:Did he getwhacked upon ninety-nines and trash your auntie's shop?2023, Bob Bitchin,King Harbor:His memory was allwhacked upand it took him years until he was almost normal.
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