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Wiktionary

  1. double whammynoun

    a twofold blow or setback; a series of two events that cause adverse effects

Wikidata

  1. Double Whammy

    Double Whammy is a 2001 comedy/drama film. Although intended to be released in theaters, it was ultimately distributed direct-to-video.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of double whammy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of double whammy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of double whammy in a Sentence

  1. Steve Levy:

    The double whammy was the fact that at the same time, you had President Obama rolling out the red carpet for over 100,000 unaccompanied minors from Central and South America, many of us warned that this was a recipe for disaster – to have 15- or 16-year-old young men without parents to be resettled in this area. MS-13 became their family.

  2. George Burgess:

    We had a double whammy of warming water temperatures.

  3. Robbie Koenig:

    Andy doesn't break and it's a double whammy because he gets broken straight away in the next game.

  4. Ben Carson:

    It sounds really cool, you know, 'Let's just round them all up and send them back,' people who say that have no idea what that would entail in terms of our legal system, the costs - forget about it. Plus, where you gonna send them? It's just a double whammy.

  5. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser:

    The thing about a spouse is that your spouse is typically your major source of support. If your spouse becomes your major source of stress, you don’t have a major source of support, and now it’s been replaced by a major source of stress, so you now have a double whammy.


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