shazam

or Sha·zam

[ shuh-zam ]

interjection

(used to express or indicate a sudden appearance, transformation, or other occurrence): I wished to be in Paris and, shazam!—there I was in front of the Eiffel tower.

Origin of shazam

¹

Coined in 1940 by writer B. Parker (1911–1963) as an acronym of the first letters in the names Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury

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How to use shazam in a sentence

Beside that man is yet another Trinidadian, widely identified as shazam Mohammed.
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Without shazam, you can plausibly take credit for having written and performed any song you happen to hear on the radio.
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