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wham
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.
--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, yerkROGET 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.
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