Wham
Pronunciation: /ˈwæm/
Wham (noun)
- a loud noise made when something hits another thing hard
Examples
- The door closed with a wham.
- I heard a wham from the kitchen.
Common collocations: loud wham, sudden wham, hear a wham, wham into, wham shut
Wham (verb)
- to hit something or someone with a lot of force
Examples
- He whammed the ball into the net.
- She whammed the door shut.