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whammy
[wam-ee, hwam-ee]
noun
plural
whammiesa devastating blow, setback, or catastrophe.
The drought and the high price of fertilizer are a double whammy to farmers.
The big whammy will be the coming update, which could make our software nonfunctional.
bad luck or misfortune.
Often the whammy the evil eye; jinx.
whammy
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
something which has great, often negative, impact
the double whammy of high interest rates and low wage increases
an evil spell or curse
she was convinced he had put the whammy on her
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of whammy1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
But the ISC chief executive Julie Robinson says the sector has been hit a "triple whammy" of national insurance changes, an end to charitable business rates relief and "the blow of 20% VAT on fees".
Employers will also pay an increased amount of National Insurance from April, which Mr Astley described as a "double whammy".
"We also found that children's social and emotional development has a big impact on their academic results so it's been a double whammy and we predict that GCSEs won't recover for a decade."
"Because it's like a kind of a triple whammy; the cost of the electricity and gas, the cost the petrol is up as well therefore the delivery of any food that you eat is up."
That means Chinese imports will be subject to a double whammy of new duties and a newly imposed tariff.
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