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
Vasilii	-	Medieval Slavic
Ladislao	-	Italian
Marcelino	mahr-the-LEE-no (Spanish), mahr-se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
FrÍ&Eth;A	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Freddy	FRED-ee	English
Karolyn	KER-ə-lin, KAR-ə-lin	English