[hwam, wam] 
noun, interjection, verb, whammed, wham⋅ming, adverb | 1. | a loud sound produced by an explosion or sharp impact: the wham of a pile driver. |
| 2. | a forcible impact. |
| 3. | (used as an exclamation suggestive of a loud slam, blow, or the like). |
| 4. | to hit or make a forcible impact, esp. one producing a loud sound: The boat whammed into the dock. He whammed the door shut. |
| 5. | Also, whammo. abruptly; with startling suddenness: The car ran wham up against the building. |
| wham (hwām, wām) n.
v. tr. To strike or smash into with resounding impact. v. intr. To smash with great force. [Imitative.] |
