take a whack at someone/something

tv. to hit at someone or something. Jerry got an ax and took a whack at the tree but didn’t do much damage.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Napier	-	English (Rare)
Lewis	LOO-is	English
Dewydd	-	Welsh (Archaic)
Gautam	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali
Kamon	-	Thai
Shani (2)	-	Hinduism