whac-a-mole
whac-a-mole is the alternative spelling of whack-a-mole.
Meaning of whack-a-mole
Noun
whack-a-mole (countable and uncountable, plural whack-a-moles)
- A situation where problems or tasks keep reappearing repeatedly.
- Trying to get rid of spam e-mails is like whack-a-mole: as soon as you delete one, another appears.
- A strategy of addressing recurrent, unpredictable problems in a piecemeal, temporary way at their point of emergence.
- "There's a range of different areas where AI can pose a risk, and we can't have a sort of - as I've previously said - a whack-a-mole approach," Mr Husic said.2026 July 17, Zac de Silva and Jacob Shteyman, “Standards for AI, data centres unveiled in major speech”, in MSN
Noun capitalized: Whac-A-Mole
Whac-A-Mole (countable and uncountable, plural Whac-A-Moles)
- Alternative spelling of whack-a-mole.
- He plays four-dimensional chess while his current analogue often seems to play Whac-a-Mole.2017 May 31, “The Trump Administration Shakes ‘House of Cards’ Hard”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 May 2025
Forms of whac-a-mole
| plural | whac-a-moles |
|---|---|
| plural | Whac-A-Moles |
Questions about whac-a-mole
- What is whac-a-mole the alternative spelling of?
- Whac-a-mole is the alternative spelling of whack-a-mole.
- What part of speech is whac-a-mole?
- Whac-a-mole is a noun.
- What is the plural of whac-a-mole?
- The plural of whac-a-mole is whac-a-moles.
Words near whac-a-mole in the dictionary
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