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
Ana	AH-nah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Velda	VEL-də	English
Ebrahim	-	Persian, Arabic
Dotty	DAHT-ee	English
HellÄ	HEL-la	Finnish
Euclid	YOO-klid (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)