wham

[US]/wæm/
[UK]/wæm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a loud, sudden impact
v. to strike forcefully
Word Forms
Past Participlewhammed
Third Person Singularwhams
Present Participlewhamming
Past Tensewhammed

Example Sentences

Hollywood wanted a wham-bam end to the plot.

the follies and whim-whams of the metropolis.

the bombs landed—wham!—right on target.

he asked me out for a drink, and—wham!—that was it.

Wham-bam!—we were sitting in a wreck at the foot of the cliff.

He was hit with a wham of realization.

The door slammed shut with a loud wham.

The car crashed into the wall with a loud wham.

She shut the book with a wham.

The thunder struck with a wham.

The boxer landed a wham on his opponent's jaw.

The tree branch fell to the ground with a wham.

The hammer hit the nail with a wham.

The basketball hit the backboard with a wham.

The heavy rain fell with a wham on the roof.

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