What does whammy mean?
Definitions for whammy
ˈʰwæm i, ˈwæm iwham·my
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Princeton's WordNet
whammynoun
a serious or devastating setback
hex, jinx, curse, whammynoun
an evil spell
"a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me"
Wiktionary
whammynoun
a serious or devastating setback
whammynoun
an evil spell; a curse or hex
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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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of whammy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of whammy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of whammy in a Sentence
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.
Andy doesn't break and it's a double whammy because he gets broken straight away in the next game.
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.
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.
In many ways it's a double whammy in terms of the tumor itself.
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