wham-bamwham-bangadv.int.adj.n.
/ˌwamˈbam/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wæmˈbæm/ Brit. /ˌwamˈbaŋ/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wæmˈbæŋ/ A. adv. (and int.)
With a wham and a bang: used to denote a sudden or forceful effect (literal or figurative); spec. with reference to sexual intercourse conducted quickly and without tenderness, esp. in wham, bam, thank you ma'am.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adverb] > intercourse conducted without tenderness
wham-bam1956
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > and suddenly
swap1672
slam1726
smack1782
whack1812
wham1924
wham-bam1956
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > other types of sexual activity or intercourse > [noun] > other specific
vera copula1850
knee-trembler1896
gang-banging1949
gang-bang1950
gang-up1951
wham, bam, thank you ma'am1956
tribadism1962
bareback1963
Princeton1965
safe sex1968
onion1969
dry fuck1971
dry hump1972
barebacking1991
scissoring2003
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ii. 32 With my regular white customers, it was a cinch. They had wives and kids to go home to. When they came to see me it was wham, bang, they gave me the money and were gone.
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ii. 34 ‘I thought I was giving you a chance,’ she spouted at me. ‘But you turned out to be a girl of bad character.’ Wham, bang, four months she handed me.
1971 S. Firestone Dialectic of Sex vi. 152 Men are interested in nothing but a screw (wham, bam, thank you M'am!).
1977 Ripped & Torn vi. 9/1 We play a set that starts at the beginning and goes Wham Bam Bam to the end.
1977 Playgirl May 13/1 Not all men are ‘wham bam thank you ma'am’ types.
B. adj.
Loud, violent, forceful (see also quot. 1960).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective]
loud971
stithc1000
strongOE
greata1375
stiff1377
wrastc1400
boistousc1430
stourc1440
big1549
routing1567
thundering?1576
full-mouthed1594
thunderous1606
tonitruous1606
thundery1608
trump-like1609
full-mouth1624
voluminousa1635
rousing1640
altisonous1661
lusty1672
tonitrual1693
rending1719
trumpet-like1814
foudroyant1840
clarion1842
trumpeting1850
trumpet-toned1851
loudish1860
tonitruant1861
tonant1891
thunderful1898
high1923
wham-bam1960
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > accompanied by sound
hurlingc1400
slam-bang1823
wham-bam1960
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 573/1 Wham-bam, quick(ly) and rough(ly); displaying more energy than finesse.
1976 Publishers Weekly 4 Oct. 65/2 Harbinson on Elvis..ticks off the outrageous ‘Hound Dog’ of pop music in wham-bam style.
1977 Listener 20 Oct. 498/3 Screenwriters..know that it's mainly wham-bang shock effect that sells.
C. n.
A sudden, violent effect.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > sudden or rapid > instance of
coup de force1835
wham-bam1975
1975 Listener 17 July 68/3 Now it is the big wham-bang of sudden [price] rises.
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adv.int.adj.n.1956