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  • verb Present participle of wham.

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Examples

  • No amount of flour dusting or greasing would do the trick, no amount of banging, whamming and poking.

    The Craziest of Kitchen Gadgets Go to Task: Blogging Event Round-Up 2007

  • Two more tankers exploded, whamming at Roland's eardrums with dull iron fists, seeming to suck the air back from his lungs like a riptide.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • She didn't dare let it go, because then it would surely be whamming her worse.

    Demons Don't Dream Anthony, Piers 1993

  • One pillow, instead of whamming the bull, seemed to be trying to press the bull down, without much effect.

    Demons Don't Dream Anthony, Piers 1993

  • They needed no anchor; they were able to do their whamming without support.

    Demons Don't Dream Anthony, Piers 1993

  • They clasped each other, trying to get into better whamming position, rolling over and over.

    Isle of View Anthony, Piers 1990

  • Stand up, aim ... a whamming direct hit, first time lucky.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • Stand up, aim … a whamming direct hit, first time lucky.

    Longshot Francis, Dick 1990

  • He would have to dig this horrible thing (wham) up by the roots, and if he was going to be fit to do that he had somehow to divest himself (wham) of this whamming.

    The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1988

  • The one-day festival offers up hardcore, metal and punk; not for the jelly-knees or even those who believe they are à la mode, as this time round the slamming, whamming heavy explosion contains something a bit more alternative than usual.

    Virtual Festivals 2010

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