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whammy
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
often double whammy , "hex, evil eye," 1932, of unknown origin, popularized 1941 in Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner," where it was the specialty of Evil-Eye Fleegle.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a serious or devastating setback an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" [syn: hex , jinx , curse ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Whammy can refer to: An evil spell or curse (hex). The term was popularized, though not originated, by the comic strip Li'l Abner . Character Evil-Eye Fleegle put the whammy, double whammy and, in extremis, triple whammy on his adversaries. The villain ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES double whammy ▪ the double whammy of higher prices and more taxes COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE double ▪ After the double whammy of rugby in Johannesburg and rowing with Redgrave, though, I more resembled a wizened ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a serious or devastating setback 2 an evil spell; a curse or hex
Usage examples of whammy.
When we arrived, he got a decent tip and a whammy to make him forget how he got it.
They all gave me the eyeball and got one right back, but without any whammy behind it.
Maybe this guy would be sober for longer than five minutes, and I could evil-eye whammy him into changing his mind.
The evil-eye whammy had dangled me headfirst in hell, but it had worked.
Manufactured by Bi-Pro Industries, this trap features a triple whammy of pheromone lure, electric voltage and sticky glue trap.
Keir must have thrown a whammy to undo the attraction of the audience, because all three came toward him, asking questions at once.
Tibetan monks of yours teach you some superduper hypnotic whammy you can lay on him?
My old grammy used to say bikes in the street are one of those bigtime whammies, like breaking a mirror or leaving a hat on the bed.
The killer's final touch was diabolical, and not without wit: a fishing lure, the redoubtable Double Whammy, had been hooked through Dickie Lockhart's lower lip.
Until the week before he had seemed welded at the hip to Morgen Bredell, the two the undisputed class king and queen as a classic double whammy: head cheerleader and lead quarterback.
He is the author of Tourist Season, Double Whammy, Skin Tight, Native Tongue and Strip Tease and with William Montalbano, Trap Line, Powder Burn and Death in China.
She distracted the first uniformed man and put a neat double whammy on the next two, but she simply missed the fourth attendant, who came out of the galley just as Elizabeth reached Fionna Kenmare's row.
Renee was sitting in the stand, a double whammy for her, to miss the race and lose her record.
This, on top of the crutches and the wheelchair, would really be a double whammy.
And the storm looming over his shoulder looked like a double whammy.