wham
Americannoun
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whams
plural
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a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact.
the wham of a pile driver.
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a forcible impact.
interjection
verb (used with or without object)
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whams,
present (3rd person singular)
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whammed,
past participle, past
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whamming
present participle
adverb
noun
interjection
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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whamsimple
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whamssimple
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have whammedperfect
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has whammedperfect
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am whammingprogressive
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are whammingprogressive
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is whammingprogressive
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have been whammingperfect progressive
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has been whammingperfect progressive
Past
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whammedsimple
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had whammedperfect
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was whammingprogressive
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were whammingprogressive
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had been whammingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of wham
First recorded in 1730–40; imitative
Example Sentences
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“Stacked up, big storm after big storm after big storm — wham, wham, wham.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2023
At first thought, a homemade sprinkle birthday cake seems like an easy task: Just fold a bunch of sprinkles into a vanilla cake and wham bam, you're done.
From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2022
“It just comes in, and, wham, it hits the ground,” Vago says.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 6, 2020
When players make long passes, the puck doesn’t jangle as much, but then — wham!
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2018
She turned the corner the same time I did, and wham!
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
Freneau has actually succeeded in making him a living creature, and his opinions and "whim whams" are full of hard sense and practical wisdom.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) by Philip Freneau
Manchester United make six changes from the side that whammed Wigan.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2013
Court of Appeals Associate Justice, last week wiped off the dust that had gathered on his club since he left the Department of Justice, and whammed it down on the collective pate of organized labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
His bombers whammed alternately at Port Moresby and north Australian ports.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suddenly a huge wave whammed her, sideslipped her into a deep sea-trough.
From Time Magazine Archive
Papa turned again to the anvil and whammed it with the hammer.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
We're going through this gruelling course of him whamming and jamming on the guitar and one day he hit upon something.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2012
Now she won twelve, with a whamming overhead serve, a flashing forehand drive that made her look at least twice the Betty Nuthall that played in the U. S. two years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whether I'm kicking my sorrows away in a magnificent breaststroke, slamming that anger with my tennis racket or whamming that big stress ball at batting practice, my teenage problems find an outlet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moving to St. Louis, he opened another place, with metal tables in it, but the balls made such a noise whamming off the cushions that it got on his nerves.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was very lo-grav/no-grav, and it was all about whamming one person into another in big stuffed suits.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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