whac-a-mole

A form of whack-a-mole — A situation where problems or tasks keep reappearing repeatedly.

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Meanings

whac-a-mole1

nounwhac-a-mole (countable and uncountable, plural whac-a-moles)

plural whac-a-moles

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of whack-a-mole.

Whac-A-Mole2

nounWhac-A-Mole (countable and uncountable, plural Whac-A-Moles)

plural Whac-A-Moles

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of whack-a-mole.

    He plays four-dimensional chess while his current analogue often seems to play Whac-a-Mole.

    2017 May 31, “The Trump Administration Shakes ‘House of Cards’ Hard”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 May 2025
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APA

whac-a-mole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whac-a-mole

MLA

“whac-a-mole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whac-a-mole. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whac-a-mole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whac-a-mole.

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