bamming
noun
1.
a loud thud, as that produced when two objects strike against each other with force.
verb (used without object)
2.
to make or emit a bam.
Origin:
imitative
imitative
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bam
imitative of the sound of a hard hit, first recorded 1922.
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Bamming
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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