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How to pronounce wham in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms wallop, whack, whop
Type of hit

Examples of wham

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Wham-O's initial success can be seen as a result of the insight of its founders.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Beatty's set, which provides five doors that always slam with a satisfying wham.
From the nytimes.com
Then, wham-bam, Angelo is like the school prefect who suddenly discovers girls.
From the guardian.co.uk
Was the morale and environment unhealthy, and then WHAM, we landed on the moon.
From the business.time.com
Don Alhart of WHAM-TV, Channel 13, has provided the forward for this edition.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Wham-O renamed the flying disc Frisbee, which Morrison didn't like one bit.
From the nytimes.com
This tale runs short on wham-bam and long on depth and characterization.
From the stltoday.com
Following Watson's wham block inside, Maroney burst up the middle for 11.
From the jsonline.com
The first mouthful is a wham of spice that settles down to a dull burn.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Whack: hit hard; "The teacher whacked the boy"
  • Wham! was a British duo formed in 1981 by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK because of a naming conflict with another existing U.S. band.
  • WHAM is a clear-channel talk radio station in Rochester, New York, owned by Clear Channel Communications. Its 50,000-watt transmitter is located in Chili, New York, and the station broadcasts on 1180 kHz.
  • Wham! was a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press. It ran for 187 issues from 20 June 1964 to 13 January 1968, when it was merged into its sister title Pow!. Although Wham! ...
  • Here is a list of episodes in Matt Lucas and David Walliams' comedy show Rock Profile. Also see Rock the Blind.
  • A forceful blow; the sound of such a blow; a thud; to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact
  • WHAM stands for Wrenching, Heart-Aching Moment, such as might occur in a particular piece of fanfic. (From Lois & Clark fandom)
  • A fan fiction which contains a character death or other traumatic event. See Deathfic.
  • To hit; impact from an accident.