Whacked
/wækt/noun
Struck hard; exhausted, intoxicated, or mentally off in informal English.
Did you know?The word is tied to the same ancient sound-symbolic family as words like *whack*, and its slang sense of being exhausted or out of it grew from the idea of being hit so hard you’re left wrecked.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hwak- / *hwakōną
“An imitative base associated with striking or making a sharp hitting sound”
Old English
OE
hwacian
“To quiver, tremble, or weaken”
Middle English
ME
whakken
“To strike or beat sharply”
16th–17th Century
English
whack
“A sharp blow or hit”
20th Century
English
whacked
“Struck; later, slang for exhausted, crazy, or intoxicated”