Usually means: Sudden, forceful impact or noise.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word wham:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. wham: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wham: Merriam-Webster
  3. wham: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wham: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wham: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wham: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wham, wham: Wordnik
  8. wham: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wham: Wiktionary
  10. wham: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wham: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wham: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. WHAM, wham: Dictionary.com
  14. wham: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. wham: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. WHAM (AM), WHAM, Wham, Wham: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. wham: Rhymezone
  18. wham: FreeDictionary.org
  19. wham: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. wham: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  2. wham: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ka-BOOM! Comicbook Words on Historical Principles (No longer online)
  2. WHAM: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. wham: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wham, wham: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Wham, wham: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A forceful blow.
▸ noun:  The sound of such a blow; a thud.
▸ noun:  (figurative)
▸ noun:  An attempt.
▸ noun:  A great success.
▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To smash or strike (someone or something) with great force or impact; to slam, to whack.
▸ verb:  To propel (something) with great force by kicking, striking, throwing, etc.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  To smash or strike with great force or impact.
▸ verb:  To move quickly or loudly.

Similar:
wallop, whack, whop, whammie, whammy, thwack, slam, whank, thwacker, crack, more...

Types:
glancing, somersault, spinning, jumping, diving, more...

Phrases:
Wham Bam, whim wham, wham bam thank you maam, The Wham of that Memphis Man, Tom Wham, more...

Adjectives:
whim, sudden, long, loud, splendid, religious, awful, quick, terrific

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Similar:
wallop, whack, whop, whammie, whammy, thwack, slam, whank, thwacker, crack, more...

Types:
glancing, somersault, spinning, jumping, diving, more...

Phrases:
Wham Bam, whim wham, wham bam thank you maam, The Wham of that Memphis Man, Tom Wham, more...

Adjectives:
whim, sudden, long, loud, splendid, religious, awful, quick, terrific

Colors:
    red,     yellow,     blue,     green,     orange, more...



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