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whamming

verb

present participle of wham

as in smacking

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Carrington was ejected from the game in the first half after smacking Cunningham across the face during Cunningham's layup attempt.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Catcher Daniel Susac followed up Wednesday’s two-home-run game by smacking a two-run shot, and the Giants bullpen didn’t break down while protecting a 4-1 victory.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of smacking

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At the weigh-ins and face-off for the IBF heavyweight championship fight, Itauma shoved Hrgovic off the stage and the latter retaliated by slapping the former's face.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Already, Skubal’s joining in on pregame handshake lines and slapping the dugout railing in time to Roki Sasaki’s warm-up music.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of slapping

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There are several clips of him striking blockers, knocking people backward and disengaging from blocks.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026
Shah says the brands that typically paid closer attention to these rankings are the ones that came knocking on KCD’s door first for AI visibility metrics.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026

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There are frightening stories of swordfish charging boats, and even spearing their transoms and whacking propellers.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
Yes, there were moments of humor, such as getting magic potions around the campfire at the end of each stage by whacking helpless little elves, but most of it was played straight, to great effect.

— Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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Instead of chopping an object into billions of tiny digital cubes, the system mathematically embeds the boundaries and material densities into quantum states.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
Skinning rabbits, chopping wood, and running interference between his parents.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of chopping

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The Orioles scored only one run over their previous three games against Boston, but Joey Cantillo (9-9) did plenty to help them out of their slump, allowing 3 hits and 5 walks and hitting 2 batters in 2 1/3 innings.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
In men’s tennis, before even hitting the ball, the server has around a 66 percent chance of winning the point.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of hitting

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This would prevent cyclists from smashing into car doors opened into bike lanes, McDermott said.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Boteli sealed his hat-trick at the Johan Cruyff Arena after charging down the right flank, chopping inside and smashing into the far corner on his left foot.

— Thom Harris, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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