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ˈʰwæm i, ˈwæm iwham·my

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. whammynoun

    a serious or devastating setback

  2. hex, jinx, curse, whammynoun

    an evil spell

    "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"

Wiktionary

  1. whammynoun

    a serious or devastating setback

  2. whammynoun

    an evil spell; a curse or hex

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  1. whammy

    A whammy is an event or situation that has serious, often negative, consequences or effects. The term is commonly used in informal contexts. Sometimes it refers to the bad luck, misfortune or setback itself, and other times it can refer to a cause of bad luck or a curse. It's also used to refer to a powerful blow or attack. In terms of a guitar effect, a "whammy" refers to the Whammy pitch-shifting pedal made famous by various rock guitarists.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of whammy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of whammy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of whammy in a Sentence

  1. Robert Redfield:

    So unfortunately we have a situation where it's sort of a double whammy, obviously, the African American community has suffered from racism for a very, very long period of time.

  2. Robbie Koenig:

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

  3. Patsy Nakell:

    This is like a double whammy in many ways, when you don't have anything to begin with, your ability to stretch and be flexible is very limited.

  4. Amy Arnsten:

    It's a double whammy. At the same time the prefrontal cortex is getting weaker and more primitive, the brain circuits that generate emotion like fear are getting stronger, you start seeing the world as harmful even when it's not.

  5. Sagar Lonial:

    In many ways it's a double whammy in terms of the tumor itself.

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