[
UK
/wˈæmi/
]
[ US /ˈhwæmi, ˈwæmi/ ]
[ US /ˈhwæmi, ˈwæmi/ ]
NOUN
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an evil spell
he put the whammy on me
a witch put a curse on his whole family - 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