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wham

(wăm, hwăm)

1. A forceful, resounding blow.

2. The sound of such a blow.

v. whammed, wham·ming, whams

v.tr.

To strike or crash into with resounding impact.

v.intr.

To collide or strike with great force.

interj.

Used to indicate the sound of a forceful blow or collision.

[Imitative.]

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wham

(wæm)

a forceful blow or impact or the sound produced by such a blow or impact

interj

an exclamation imitative of this sound

vb, whams, whamming or whammed

to strike or cause to strike with great force

[C20: of imitative origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

wham

(ʰwæm, wæm)

n., v. whammed, wham•ming. n.

1. a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact.

2. a forcible impact.

v.t., v.i.

3. to hit or make a forcible impact, esp. so as to produce a loud sound.

[1730–40; imitative]

wham

Past participle: whammed
Gerund: whamming

Imperative
wham
wham

Present
I wham
you wham
he/she/it whams
we wham
you wham
they wham

Preterite
I whammed
you whammed
he/she/it whammed
we whammed
you whammed
they whammed

Present Continuous
I am whamming
you are whamming
he/she/it is whamming
we are whamming
you are whamming
they are whamming

Present Perfect
I have whammed
you have whammed
he/she/it has whammed
we have whammed
you have whammed
they have whammed

Past Continuous
I was whamming
you were whamming
he/she/it was whamming
we were whamming
you were whamming
they were whamming

Past Perfect
I had whammed
you had whammed
he/she/it had whammed
we had whammed
you had whammed
they had whammed

Future
I will wham
you will wham
he/she/it will wham
we will wham
you will wham
they will wham

Future Perfect
I will have whammed
you will have whammed
he/she/it will have whammed
we will have whammed
you will have whammed
they will have whammed

Future Continuous
I will be whamming
you will be whamming
he/she/it will be whamming
we will be whamming
you will be whamming
they will be whamming

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been whamming
you have been whamming
he/she/it has been whamming
we have been whamming
you have been whamming
they have been whamming

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been whamming
you will have been whamming
he/she/it will have been whamming
we will have been whamming
you will have been whamming
they will have been whamming

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been whamming
you had been whamming
he/she/it had been whamming
we had been whamming
you had been whamming
they had been whamming

Conditional
I would wham
you would wham
he/she/it would wham
we would wham
you would wham
they would wham

Past Conditional
I would have whammed
you would have whammed
he/she/it would have whammed
we would have whammed
you would have whammed
they would have whammed

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Verb

wham - hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"

wallop, whack, whop

hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

wham

noun

1. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:

bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, whop.

Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

2. A forceful movement causing a loud noise:

bang, crash, slam, smash.

verb

To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, whop.

Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

Translations

wham

[wæm]

A. EXCL wham! → ¡zas!

B. N → golpe m resonante

C. VT → golpear de modo resonante

D. VI to wham against/into sth → chocar ruidosamente con algo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wham

[ˈ^hwæm] excl → vlan

wham

, whang

interj → wumm

n (= blow) → Schlag m; (= bang, thump) → Knall m

vt (= hit) → schlagen; (= bang, thump) → knallen

vi → knallen; to wham into something → auf etw (acc) → krachen (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wham

[wæm] excl (fam) → bang

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