| 单词 | whammy |
| 释义 | whammy[ hwam-ee, wam-ee ] / ˈʰwæm i, ˈwæm i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR whammy ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural wham·mies.Informal.the evil eye; jinx. bad luck or misfortune. a devastating blow, setback, or catastrophe: The drought and the high price of fertilizer are a double whammy to farmers. Idioms for whammy
put the whammy on, Informal. Origin of whammyFirst recorded in 1935–40; wham + -y2, one of the methods of putting a whammy on someone being to strike the fist into the palm Words nearby whammywhalesucker, whaling, whaling port, wham, whammo, whammy, whanau, whang, Whangarei, whangdoodle, whangee Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for whammy
British Dictionary definitions for whammywhammy / (ˈwæmɪ) / noun plural -miessomething which has great, often negative, impactthe double whammy of high interest rates and low wage increases an evil spell or curseshe was convinced he had put the whammy on her Word Origin for whammyC20: wham + -y ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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