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whammy

[ UK /wˈæmi/ ]
[ US /ˈhwæmi, ˈwæmi/ ]
NOUN
  1. an evil spell
    he put the whammy on me
    a witch put a curse on his whole family
  2. a serious or devastating setback

How To Use whammy In A Sentence

  • It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
  • Farmers have faced the double whammy of a freeze and a drought this year.
  • That double whammy puts almost 2,000 full-time and temp jobs under threat. The Sun
  • You've got your brownie underbelly base with a crackly crispy chocolate chip cookie top to create a double whammy of perfection! TWD: CHIPSTER TOPPED BROWNIES
  • Empty calories, fat and sodium deliver a triple whammy that is the downfall of many.
  • It was basically a triple whammy: Housing prices kept falling, oil prices kept rising and both lenders and borrowers grew more cautious after five years of incaution. Three-Ingredient Recipe for Recession
  • He said: ‘This is very much a triple whammy for the motorist and even a quadruple whammy if you happen to drive a diesel-powered vehicle.’
  • The steak combined the double whammy of being simultaneously tasteless and chewy, while the haggis was simply superb.
  • Perhaps that's all we should expect; but that opening double whammy suggested there might have been more. Times, Sunday Times
  • Because my current project is kinda about genres of interiority howzat for a double whammy? Ferule & Fescue
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