wham

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive), Adverb

OXFORD DICTIONARY

wham, int., n., & v. colloq.
--int. expressing the sound of a forcible impact.
--n. such a sound.
--v. (whammed, whamming)
1 intr. make such a sound or impact.
2 tr. strike forcibly.

Etymology

imit.

THESAURUS

wham

bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, blast, bonk, boom, bump, burst, bust, clap, clash, clip, clobber, clout, clump, coldcock, crack, crash, crump, cut, dash, deal, deal a blow, deck, fetch, fetch a blow, flap, flop, hit, hit a clip, jab, knock, knock cold, knock down, knock out, let have it, paste, plunk, poke, punch, rap, report, slam, slap, slat, slog, slug, smack, smash, smite, snap, soak, sock, splat, strike, strike at, swap, swat, swipe, tap, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whap, whomp, whop, yerk

ROGET THESAURUS

wham

Snap

N snap, rapping, decrepitation, crepitation, report, thud, burst, explosion, blast, boom, discharge, detonation, firing, salvo, volley, squib, cracker, firecracker, cherry bomb, M, gun, cap, cap gun, popgun, implosion, bomb burst, atomic explosion, nuclear explosion (arms), gunpowder, dynamite, gun cotton, nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, plastic explosive, plastique, TNT, cordite, trinitrotoluene, picric acid, picrates, mercury fulminate (arms), whack, wham, pow, rapping, Int, kaboom!, whamo!, Heewhack!, pow!.

VB rap, snap, tap, knock, ping, click, clash, crack, crackle, crash, pop, slam, bang, blast, boom, clap, clang, clack, whack, wham, brustle, burst on the ear, crepitate, rump, blow up, blow, detonate.