Definition of shazam
—used to indicate an instantaneous transformation or appearance
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shazam
interjection
sha·zam
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shəˈzam
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-ˈzaa(ə)m
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Origin and Etymology of shazam
incantation used by the comic-strip hero Captain Marvel, from Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury, on whom he called
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