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whackable

whackable adjective: capable of, or suitable for, being whacked (in various senses).

Adjective

whackable (comparative more whackable, superlative most whackable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being whacked (in various senses).
    • “Not lately. John, I'd rather she smacked me than ignored me.” “That's the story of your life.” “What does that mean?” “You've been goading people who ignore you ever since I've known you. It makes you very whackable.”2011, J. K. Vandyke, Sabbatical for Love, page 123
    • Consorting without permission with the women in a connected guy's family — mothers, sisters, daughters, wives — was a whackable offense.2013, Sal Polisi, Steve Dougherty, The Sinatra Club: My Life Inside the New York Mafia

Forms of whackable

comparativemore whackable
superlativemost whackable

Origin of whackable

From whack + -able.

Questions about whackable

What does whackable mean?
Whackable means capable of, or suitable for, being whacked (in various senses).
What part of speech is whackable?
Whackable is an adjective.

Words near whackable in the dictionary

  1. whack up
  2. whack-a-mole
  3. whack-a-moles
  4. whack-up
  5. whack-ups
  6. whackable
  7. whackadoo
  8. whackadoodle
  9. whackadoodles
  10. whackadoos
  11. whackage

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