wham
noun
, ˈwam\
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wham
adverb
, ˈwam
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, ˈwa- \
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Synonyms for wham
Synonyms: Noun
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, whop (also whap)
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Examples of wham in a Sentence
Noun
gave the TV a good wham with her fist, and suddenly the picture came back onRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Two goals, maximum Brucey bonuses applied and wham, also 13 points. — SI.com, "Fantasy Premier League: The Dream Team From Gameweek 1," 12 Aug. 2019 The movie comes at you with a quick, wham-bam style that feels like a nod to the source material, a DC Vertigo comic-book series by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Mob wives take over ‘The Kitchen,’ a ‘70s crime drama with more sizzle than steak," 7 Aug. 2019 The resulting Instagram pic confirms the wham bam fabulosity. — Kaitlin Menza, House Beautiful, "Of Course Star Designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard Is Friends With Lisa Vanderpump," 30 Dec. 2018 Also films changed and stopped being the really interesting films of the 1970s and became the wham-bam films of the early 1980s. — Jaya Saxena, GQ, "Jonathan Rhys Meyers Has Only Seen Velvet Goldmine Once," 20 June 2018 The run game is varied, employing zone runs, wham blocks and pulling guards. — Steven Ruiz, For The Win, "Doug Pederson has already proven himself as one of the NFL's best coaches," 21 Jan. 2018 In its very spareness Women and Power gains some wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am appeal. — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, "Mary Beard’s Medusas," 19 Dec. 2017 All followed by — wham — the potential threat of yet another Cat 5. — The Editorial Board, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Putting hurricane headaches into perspective | Editorial," 6 Oct. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Goalscorer Asamoah Gyan took the resulting penalty, only to wham it off the top of the bar. — SI.com, "50 of the Biggest Controversies in Football History," 21 June 2019 Goalscorer Asamoah Gyan took the resulting penalty, only to wham it off the top of the bar. — SI.com, "50 of the Biggest Controversies in Football History," 21 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'wham.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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