"whammy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈ(h)wæmi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-whammy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: whammies [plural]
Rhymes: -æmi Etymology: From wham + -y. Etymology templates: {{af|en|wham|-y|id2=diminutive}} wham + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} whammy (plural whammies)
  1. a serious or devastating setback Translations (a serious or devastating setback): coup dur [masculine] (French), böser Blick [masculine] (German), duro colpo [masculine] (Italian), неуда́ча (neudáča) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whammy-en-noun-IeD8mUVH Disambiguation of 'a serious or devastating setback': 98 1 2
  2. an evil spell; a curse or hex Translations (an evil spell; a curse or hex): уроки (uroki) (Bulgarian), сглаз (sglaz) [masculine] (Russian), прокля́тье (prokljátʹje) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-whammy-en-noun-RvtndHD2 Disambiguation of 'an evil spell; a curse or hex': 0 99 1
  3. (colloquialism) the vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-whammy-en-noun-D9f-d9gL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 8 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 28 10 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: whammie Derived forms: double whammy, triple whammy, whammy bar

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "coup dur"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a serious or devastating setback",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "böser Blick"
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      "sense": "a serious or devastating setback",
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      "sense": "an evil spell; a curse or hex",
      "word": "уроки"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "an evil spell; a curse or hex",
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      ],
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prokljátʹje",
      "sense": "an evil spell; a curse or hex",
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      ],
      "word": "прокля́тье"
    }
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