† whamn.¹

Etymology: A factitious word made by altering the vowel of whim n.¹

Obsolete.

A whimsical or fantastic person.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person

dreamera1425

fantast1588

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fantastic1598

maggot-monger1607

Sabine1610

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wham1691

whim1712

visionarya1719

imaginariana1729

ideologue1815

ideologist1818

fancier1828

idealist1829

abstractionist1844

phantasist1864

dreamsmith1873

luftmensch1902

cuckoo-lander1916

fantasist1923

pie-in-the-skyer1973

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 253 The Author of it was a whim and a wham, a Fellow that invented ridiculous Principles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

whamn.²

Brit.

/wam/, U.S.

/(h)wæm/

Etymology: Echoic. Compare wham v.

colloquial.

1. A heavy blow; the sound of a heavy blow (or of an explosion, etc.). Also, a resounding success, a ‘knock-out’; an attempt at something (cf. whack n. 1b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow

smitea1200

ponder1339

clouta1400

whopc1440

routa1450

maul1481

sousec1500

dunta1522

flake1559

lambskin1573

lamback1592

daud1596

baster1600

mell1658

thumper1682

lounder1723

smash1725

plumper1756

spanker1772

douser1782

thud1787

bash1805

stave1819

batter1823

belter1823

wallop1823

whacker1823

belt1825

smasher1829

dingbat1843

dinger1845

oner1861

squeaker1877

clod1886

wham1923

dong1941

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > great or sensational

trophy?a1450

triumph1735

succès fou1859

sensation1860

home run1913

whizz-bang1916

wow1920

smash1923

smash hit1923

wham1923

smasheroo1948

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt

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tentamen1673

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go1784

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smack1889

swipe1892

buck1913

lash1941

wham1957

play1961

1923 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. vii. 2 Wham, a success, a knock-out.

1924 Dial. Notes 5 257 Onomatopoetic words..bam, blam, ca-blam, slam, wham, zam..(all = sound of blow).

1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 90 The occasional echoing wham of a charge of gelly.

1957 ‘J. Wyndham’ Midwich Cuckoos iv. 38 Might be a good idea to have a wham at it.

1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon viii. 121 Have another try... This time the peg held, another half-dozen whams of the hammer, and it was in to the hilt.

2. As int. or adv.: with a wham.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > and suddenly

swap1672

slam1726

smack1782

whack1812

wham1924

wham-bam1956

1924 E. Hemingway In our Time 10 The bull rammed him wham against the wall.

1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice xi. 126 And then, wham, I pleaded her guilty.

1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair viii. 90 They go that short step too far and wham! out comes that business-like paw.

1958 P. Mortimer Daddy's gone a-Hunting xxx. 170 He..walked through the front door and wham. She did it with a clock.

1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xxvi. 144 When the iron was hot, wham!—he would come out like a tiger and knock it for six.

1975 A. Ayckbourn Norman Conquests 5 It was just wham, thump and there we both were on the rug.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

whamv.

Brit.

/wam/, U.S.

/(h)wæm/

Etymology: Echoic. Compare wham n.²

colloquial.

1. transitive. To strike violently; to propel with great force, by hitting, throwing, kicking, etc. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > violent

runc1515

bang1877

wham1925

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike violently

to-slaya700

dusta1225

forsmitec1275

frush13..

pasha1450

whang1685

wham1925

1925 Sat. Evening Post 14 Feb. 16 The wow finish, properly, is the legitimate successor to the old apple-sauce flag-waving finish for whamming an audience.

1930 E. Ferber Cimarron xxi. 349 Standing Bear whams it out so straight and so far that he makes the [golf] pro look like a ping-pong player.

1933 J. Thurber My Life & Hard Times iv. 57 She..picked up a shoe, and whammed it through a pane of glass across the narrow space that separated the two houses.

1950 A. Buckeridge Jennings goes to School xii. 239 You must have put all your weight behind it, or you wouldn't have gone down flat like that, after you'd whammed it in.

1951 Sport 7 Jan. 15/2 Basically the same team, which had been languishing generally on the wrong side,..whammed in six against Derry.

1962–3 E. Birney Sel. Poems (1966) ii. 59 Nine shoeboys wham their boxes Slap at my newshined feet.

1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xiii. 161 He whammed in the ice-hammer, pulled up on it, kicking with the two front points of his crampons into the ice.

2. intransitive. To pound or strike violently; to move with speed, violence, or noise. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently

beatc885

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smitec1300

dashc1305

pitchc1325

dushc1400

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wham1948

slam1973

the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently

surge1845

power1862

wham1948

1948 W. C. Williams in Poetry June 147 Each time he'd swing the axe and I heard it wham into the wood, I'd let out a wild cackle of delight.

1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. xxvii. 135 The nausea rushes that made his head wham.

1954 A. C. Clarke Silence Please in Tales from White Hart (1957) 3 Bert's blast whammed overhead.

1962 K. Kesey One flew over Cuckoo's Nest i. 51 The black boy whammed flat against the wall and stuck, then slid down to the floor.

1973 P. White Eye of Storm xii. 586 A partition of the door still in motion whammed against an ear and sent his hat spinning.

1980 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 2 (advt.) The incredible Casio FX39..whams through complicated equations and elementary statistical formulae.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹1691

n.²1923

v.1925

单词	wham
释义	† whamn.¹ Etymology: A factitious word made by altering the vowel of whim n.¹ Obsolete. A whimsical or fantastic person.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person dreamera1425 fantast1588 fantastical1589 fantastic1598 maggot-monger1607 Sabine1610 maggot-patea1640 wham1691 whim1712 visionarya1719 imaginariana1729 ideologue1815 ideologist1818 fancier1828 idealist1829 abstractionist1844 phantasist1864 dreamsmith1873 luftmensch1902 cuckoo-lander1916 fantasist1923 pie-in-the-skyer1973 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 253 The Author of it was a whim and a wham, a Fellow that invented ridiculous Principles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2020). whamn.² Brit. /wam/, U.S. /(h)wæm/ Etymology: Echoic. Compare wham v. colloquial. 1. A heavy blow; the sound of a heavy blow (or of an explosion, etc.). Also, a resounding success, a ‘knock-out’; an attempt at something (cf. whack n. 1b). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > a heavy blow smitea1200 ponder1339 clouta1400 whopc1440 routa1450 maul1481 sousec1500 dunta1522 flake1559 lambskin1573 lamback1592 daud1596 baster1600 mell1658 thumper1682 lounder1723 smash1725 plumper1756 spanker1772 douser1782 thud1787 bash1805 stave1819 batter1823 belter1823 wallop1823 whacker1823 belt1825 smasher1829 dingbat1843 dinger1845 oner1861 squeaker1877 clod1886 wham1923 dong1941 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > great or sensational trophy?a1450 triumph1735 succès fou1859 sensation1860 home run1913 whizz-bang1916 wow1920 smash1923 smash hit1923 wham1923 smasheroo1948 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt tastec1330 assayc1386 proffera1400 proof?a1400 pluck?1499 saymenta1500 minta1522 attemptate1531 attempt1548 attemption1565 say1568 trice1579 offer1581 fling1590 tempt1597 essay1598 trial1614 tentative1632 molition1643 conamen1661 put1661 tentamen1673 conatus1722 shot1756 go1784 ettle1790 shy1824 hack1830 try1832 pop1839 slap1840 venture1842 stagger1865 flutter1874 whack1884 whirl1884 smack1889 swipe1892 buck1913 lash1941 wham1957 play1961 1923 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. vii. 2 Wham, a success, a knock-out. 1924 Dial. Notes 5 257 Onomatopoetic words..bam, blam, ca-blam, slam, wham, zam..(all = sound of blow). 1949 J. R. Cole It was so Late 90 The occasional echoing wham of a charge of gelly. 1957 ‘J. Wyndham’ Midwich Cuckoos iv. 38 Might be a good idea to have a wham at it. 1973 C. Bonington Next Horizon viii. 121 Have another try... This time the peg held, another half-dozen whams of the hammer, and it was in to the hilt. 2. As int. or adv.: with a wham. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > and suddenly swap1672 slam1726 smack1782 whack1812 wham1924 wham-bam1956 1924 E. Hemingway In our Time 10 The bull rammed him wham against the wall. 1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice xi. 126 And then, wham, I pleaded her guilty. 1948 ‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair viii. 90 They go that short step too far and wham! out comes that business-like paw. 1958 P. Mortimer Daddy's gone a-Hunting xxx. 170 He..walked through the front door and wham. She did it with a clock. 1965 M. Frayn Tin Men xxvi. 144 When the iron was hot, wham!—he would come out like a tiger and knock it for six. 1975 A. Ayckbourn Norman Conquests 5 It was just wham, thump and there we both were on the rug. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whamv. Brit. /wam/, U.S. /(h)wæm/ Etymology: Echoic. Compare wham n.² colloquial. 1. transitive. To strike violently; to propel with great force, by hitting, throwing, kicking, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > violent runc1515 bang1877 wham1925 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (transitive)] > strike violently to-slaya700 dusta1225 forsmitec1275 frush13.. pasha1450 whang1685 wham1925 1925 Sat. Evening Post 14 Feb. 16 The wow finish, properly, is the legitimate successor to the old apple-sauce flag-waving finish for whamming an audience. 1930 E. Ferber Cimarron xxi. 349 Standing Bear whams it out so straight and so far that he makes the [golf] pro look like a ping-pong player. 1933 J. Thurber My Life & Hard Times iv. 57 She..picked up a shoe, and whammed it through a pane of glass across the narrow space that separated the two houses. 1950 A. Buckeridge Jennings goes to School xii. 239 You must have put all your weight behind it, or you wouldn't have gone down flat like that, after you'd whammed it in. 1951 Sport 7 Jan. 15/2 Basically the same team, which had been languishing generally on the wrong side,..whammed in six against Derry. 1962–3 E. Birney Sel. Poems (1966) ii. 59 Nine shoeboys wham their boxes Slap at my newshined feet. 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face xiii. 161 He whammed in the ice-hammer, pulled up on it, kicking with the two front points of his crampons into the ice. 2. intransitive. To pound or strike violently; to move with speed, violence, or noise. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently beatc885 pilta1200 smitec1300 dashc1305 pitchc1325 dushc1400 hitc1400 jouncec1440 hurl1470 swack1488 knock1530 jut1548 squat1587 bump1699 jowl1770 smash1835 lasha1851 ding1874 biff1904 wham1948 slam1973 the world > movement > progressive motion > specific manner of progressive motion > move progressively in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently surge1845 power1862 wham1948 1948 W. C. Williams in Poetry June 147 Each time he'd swing the axe and I heard it wham into the wood, I'd let out a wild cackle of delight. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. xxvii. 135 The nausea rushes that made his head wham. 1954 A. C. Clarke Silence Please in Tales from White Hart (1957) 3 Bert's blast whammed overhead. 1962 K. Kesey One flew over Cuckoo's Nest i. 51 The black boy whammed flat against the wall and stuck, then slid down to the floor. 1973 P. White Eye of Storm xii. 586 A partition of the door still in motion whammed against an ear and sent his hat spinning. 1980 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 2 (advt.) The incredible Casio FX39..whams through complicated equations and elementary statistical formulae. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1691n.²1923v.1925
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† whamn.1

whamn.2

whamv.

† whamn.¹

whamn.²