"shazam" meaning in English

See shazam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ʃəˈzæm/
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Apparently coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940, from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. Head templates: {{en-interj}} shazam
  1. Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.
    Sense id: en-shazam-en-intj-pKNbWnHq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 86 14

Verb

IPA: /ʃəˈzæm/ Forms: shazams [present, singular, third-person], shazamming [participle, present], shazammed [participle, past], shazammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Apparently coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940, from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury. Head templates: {{en-verb|shazams|shazamming|shazammed|shazammed}} shazam (third-person singular simple present shazams, present participle shazamming, simple past and past participle shazammed)
  1. (neologism, uncommon, transitive) To identify the artist or the name of a song using the Shazam application. Tags: neologism, transitive, uncommon Translations (transform into a superhero): شِزَامُ! (šizāmu!) (Arabic), اَلصَّوِيغ! (aṣ-ṣawīḡ!) [masculine] (Arabic), Shazam! [masculine] (German), σαζάμ! (sazám!) [masculine] (Greek), シャザム! (Shazamu!) (Japanese), 샤잠! (syajam!) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-shazam-en-verb-5y6070Nc Categories (other): English neologisms

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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