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whammie

whammie is the alternative form of whammy.

Meaning of whammy

Noun

whammy (plural whammies)

  1. a serious or devastating setback
  2. an evil spell; a curse or hex
  3. (colloquial) The vibrato system of an electric guitar, or just its lever (whammy bar)

Forms of whammie

pluralwhammies

Origin of whammie

From wham + -ie.

Questions about whammie

What is whammie the alternative form of?
Whammie is the alternative form of whammy.

Words near whammie in the dictionary

  1. whammelled
  2. whammelling
  3. whammels
  4. whammer
  5. whammers
  6. whammie
  7. whammies
  8. whamming
  9. whammo
  10. whammos
  11. whammy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whammie (page history and authors); whammy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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