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wham

/wam, hwam/US // wæm, ʰwæm //UK // (wæm) //

哗哗,呜呼,呜呼哀哉,哗啦啦

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact: the wham of a pile driver.
    • : a forcible impact.
interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    • : .
  1. 1

    whammed, wham·ming.

    • : to hit or make a forcible impact, especially one producing a loud sound: The boat whammed into the dock.He whammed the door shut.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Also whammo. abruptly; with startling suddenness: The car ran wham up against the building.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I don’t need this emotional wham on top of everything else I’m dealing with.

  • Gow heard branches fall, and as he turned, a bear hit the ground with a wham!

  • One day you reach down to pick up a bag, sleep in an awkward position, or fall on the street, and— WHAM— your back gets injured.

  • Sure, the standard carols and tracks by the likes of the Beach Boys, Wham!

  • There’s Muslim-baiting imagery borrowed from 24 and an absurd ‘80s nostalgia sing-along that would make the boys from Wham!

  • Her pregnancy was heralded in the Sun with the headline “Wham Bam Sam Cam.”

  • There was a sudden catastrophic whooshing roar and, wham, a tree took flame for roots.

  • "Yo' may tell wham yo' like what yo' like," the girl replied coldly; yet there was a tremor in her voice.

  • In a jiffy, I'd be going slippety-sizzle over the edge of the eaves and land with a wham at Poetry's feet.

  • Is his dochter Jeanie, wham ye intend for my mither's servant, like her father?

  • But considere also quod she in wham is blisfulnesse enhabite.