whammed

past tense of wham

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for whammed
Verb
  • Mesa smacked his first career MLB home run — a three-run blast 394 feet to right field — to provide the highlight of the night for the Marlins, who watched the Nationals circle the bases for most of the game.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … CROSSING THE LINE – Ravens' Lamar Jackson retaliates against fan after being smacked in helmet.
    , FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As Wyatt goes in for the swing, her little sister, Bennett, runs behind her and nearly gets whacked by the club.
    Georgia Slater, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The Padres ranked 29th of 30 MLB teams in home runs and had received only seven home runs from their left fielders in the 111 games before Laureano, in his second start with them, whacked a reliever’s fastball beyond the right-center field wall at Petco Park.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • In the suburbs during the 2020 and 2022 assessment cycles, appeals to the board of review generally knocked commercial values below industry standards for accuracy.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The boys knocked on Leon’s door several times and ran away, Julián’s cousin told police.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During the stream, Kardashian tagged along for Cenat's noodle game — basically, a challenge where the influencer and his friends take turns hitting each other on the head with pool noodles while participants wear helmets and don't know which of their peers slapped them from behind.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The tariffs affected by Friday’s ruling were implemented by Trump this year under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and slapped duties as high as 50% on imports from some countries.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Mindy Fitzpatrick considered selling her family’s 6-acre wooded lot on Friendly Road.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Sticker shock, though, is expected to hit when consumers shop for 2026 model year cars and trucks as more of those vehicles arrive at dealer lots, according to Cox Automotive.
    Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An evening bike ride on a rural road turned fatal in a most unusual way, when the cyclist slammed into a deer in the dark, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Supporters of Mangione have slammed Shein for using his likeness while his critics have also described the photo as a new low.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a new paper, researchers report that sPHENIX measured both the number and energy of particles produced when gold ions smashed together at nearly light speed.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
  • For twenty years, the rage-fuelled God Kratos has smashed his way across our screens.
    Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Delaney-Rowland told him to put the gun away, but when Parker didn’t, Delaney-Rowland punched him again, then Parker shot him in the back of the head, police said.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Like the clang of bells, the sound bypassed my ears and punched the air from my lungs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Whammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whammed. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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