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wham

/wæm/ noun C2
  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.
  3. An attempt. (figuratively)
  4. A great success. (figuratively)

Plural whams

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Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.