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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a whack of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used informally to indicate a large amount or a significant quantity of something.
Example: "We had a whack of fun at the party last night."
Alternatives: "a bunch of" or "a lot of".
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The chillies don't always deliver a whack of heat.
"O what a whack of a black of a sleek sweet cheeky tail in its big blue den / Of water!
It has the perfect colour to brighten up winter days, and with such vibrancy also comes a whack of antioxidants.
"You sail a 50-mile stretch seven days a month," says one envious ship's captain, "and you earn a whack of money.
You spent a whack of money on an it bag, maybe stuck a small dog in it, and hung it over a lackadaisical arm.
The newly renovated Maracanã, as was revealed this week, is still a turn of a spanner and a whack of a hammer away from perfect nick.
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"Probably not, because it's going to take too much of a whack out of my hard-earned.
David: Now, as I wrote in my column the other day, I think Walker should have taken a whack out of a Republican group, too.
But, by jarring it, by taking the force of a whack, some of that fluid has come out of the joint and into the cyst sac.
Then, emitting an angry "Yaaak!" she disciplined the green-uniformed soldiers with a mighty whack of a pudgy palm.
A whack analysis of the downfall from the 90s to the millennium, style-wise.
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