wham

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /wæm/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /hwæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

wham (plural whams)

1. a forceful blow

   Roger was given a violent wham by his boxing opponent.

2. the sound of such a blow; a thud

   We heard a wham as the hammer struck the wall.

wham

1. The sound of a forceful blow.

   Wham! The truck hit the wall.

2. This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Our relationship was going smoothly and then wham! Out of nowhere he told me he was leaving me for another woman.

wham (third-person singular simple present whams, present participle whamming, simple past and past participle whammed)

1. to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact

• whammy

• hawm, mwah

wham

1. Alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)