"wham" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

IPA: /wæm/, /hwæm/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wham.wav
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
  1. The sound of a forceful blow. Translations (sound of a forceful blow): трясък (trjasǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), wumm (German), bum (German), bach (Polish), โครม (kroom) (Thai)
    Sense id: en-wham-en-intj-stknYm9d Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 33 30 2 13 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 20 28 26 3 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 33 30 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 30 28 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 31 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 27 28 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 27 30 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 26 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 20 29 27 2 22 Disambiguation of 'sound of a forceful blow': 97 3
  2. Used to indicate something sudden, unanticipated, and dramatic has occurred.
    Sense id: en-wham-en-intj-RgVxrCWz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 33 30 2 13 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 20 28 26 3 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 33 30 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 30 28 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 31 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 27 28 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 27 30 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 26 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 20 29 27 2 22

Noun [English]

IPA: /wæm/, /hwæm/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wham.wav Forms: whams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-noun}} wham (plural whams)
  1. a forceful blow
    Sense id: en-wham-en-noun-Ot8ow83s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 33 30 2 13 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 20 28 26 3 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 33 30 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 30 28 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 31 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 27 28 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 27 30 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 26 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 20 29 27 2 22
  2. the sound of such a blow; a thud Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-wham-en-noun-b0GBGXeF Disambiguation of Sounds: 21 13 0 45 21

Verb [English]

IPA: /wæm/, /hwæm/ (note: without the wine–whine merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-wham.wav Forms: whams [present, singular, third-person], whamming [participle, present], whammed [participle, past], whammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Head templates: {{en-verb}} wham (third-person singular simple present whams, present participle whamming, simple past and past participle whammed)
  1. to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact Related terms: whammy, whim-wham
    Sense id: en-wham-en-verb-5HPsK35w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 33 30 2 13 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 20 28 26 3 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 33 30 2 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 30 28 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 31 2 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 27 28 2 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 27 30 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 30 26 3 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 20 29 27 2 22

Pronoun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun}} wham
  1. Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: whom (extra: “who, whom”, accusative)

Pronoun [Scots]

Forms: Scots [canonical], wham Bruce has aften led. Scots [canonical], whom Bruce has often led. [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|sco|pronoun}} wham
  1. whom Wikipedia link: Robert the Bruce

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "the sound of such a blow; a thud"
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          "text": "I was off duty, minding my own business, […] when I heard a gun go off. Wham! it roared, not more than twenty feet from me, and then, in quick succession, wham—wham!",
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          "text": "Our relationship was going smoothly and then wham! Out of nowhere he told me he was leaving me for another woman.",
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          "ref": "1952 September 22, “Since Stevenson Prefers 'Compromise', Foreign Policy Is Squarely in the Campaign”, in LIFE, volume 33, number 12, Time Inc., →ISSN, page 30:",
          "text": "Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger.",
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          "ref": "2008 August 5, Douglas Coupland, “40 on the Outside, 30 on the Inside: My theory of how men really age”, in Best Life, volume 5, number 6, Rodale, Inc., →ISSN, page 77:",
          "text": "I'll look the exact same way for a decade, and then— wham!— God hits the progeria switch and for two years the downhill plunge begins anew.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trjasǎk",
      "sense": "sound of a forceful blow",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трясък"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound of a forceful blow",
      "word": "wumm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound of a forceful blow",
      "word": "bum"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "sound of a forceful blow",
      "word": "bach"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kroom",
      "sense": "sound of a forceful blow",
      "word": "โครม"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "word": "whammy"
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      "word": "whim-wham"
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        "to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact"
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      "form": "wham Bruce has aften led. Scots",
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