full whack
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Meaning · English
something done completely or to the fullest extent
Literally: full blow or impact
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
You can't, it's difficult to believe why they don't charge full whack.
the Tories are gon na introduce their alternative, but they're still going to through this banding system, the whole objective of that is to, is to make sure that the better off people don't pay their full whack
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-07-30; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “full whack” mean?
something done completely or to the fullest extent Literally: full blow or impact
Is “full whack” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.