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Definition of wham in English: whamexclamationwam(h)wæm informal 1Used to express the sound of a forcible impact. the bombs landed—wham!—right on target - 1.1 Used to express the idea of a sudden and dramatic occurrence.
he asked me out for a drink, and—wham!—that was it Example sentencesExamples - In fact, one day we were jogging along the path on the Hudson River when suddenly - wham!
- There was smoke all over the place, then, all of a sudden - wham!
- I saw the car coming at a hundred miles per hour and then suddenly, wham!
verbwhammed, whamming, whams wam(h)wæm informal 1no object, with adverbial Strike something forcefully. trucks whammed into each other Example sentencesExamples - I bent my neck to watch the ball wham into the backboard, bounce a few times around the hoop - then went in.
- Unluckily for me, I didn't have my seat belts on and I went flying out of my seat and wham right into the window.
Synonyms thump, clunk, clonk, crash, smash, smack, bang, thunder - 1.1 Make a loud sound as of a forceful impact.
my heart was whamming away like a drum Example sentencesExamples - Dove through the sliding doors and whammed them shut, crouching on all fours, heart beating wildly, peering out at him.
- She stopped abruptly, as she whammed into something with a sound thump.
Rhymes am, Amsterdam, Assam, Bram, cam, cham, cheongsam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, exam, femme, flam, gam, glam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, mam, mesdames, Omar Khayyám, Pam, pram, pro-am, ram, Sam, scam, scram, sham, Siam, slam, Spam, swam, tam, tram, Vietnam, yam Definition of wham in US English: whamexclamation(h)wam(h)wæm informal 1Used to express the sound of a forcible impact. the bombs landed—wham!—right on target - 1.1 Used to express the idea of a sudden, dramatic, and decisive occurrence.
he asked me out for a drink, and—wham!—that was it Example sentencesExamples - In fact, one day we were jogging along the path on the Hudson River when suddenly - wham!
- I saw the car coming at a hundred miles per hour and then suddenly, wham!
- There was smoke all over the place, then, all of a sudden - wham!
verb(h)wam(h)wæm informal 1no object, with adverbial Strike something forcefully. trucks whammed into each other Example sentencesExamples - I bent my neck to watch the ball wham into the backboard, bounce a few times around the hoop - then went in.
- Unluckily for me, I didn't have my seat belts on and I went flying out of my seat and wham right into the window.
Synonyms thump, clunk, clonk, crash, smash, smack, bang, thunder - 1.1 Make a loud sound as of a forceful impact.
my heart was whamming away like a drum Example sentencesExamples - She stopped abruptly, as she whammed into something with a sound thump.
- Dove through the sliding doors and whammed them shut, crouching on all fours, heart beating wildly, peering out at him.
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