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1.To fail utterly at everything in life. (referenced to Yamcha failing at everything in the anime series Dragonball Z)

2. To have a brief successful start, followed by non-stop fail

3. To build up expectations, only to have them dashed against a stone by constant fail.

4. No matter what you do, you fail.

5. When your best attack is the Wolf Fang Fist.

6. When you peak at the beginning of life.
I was the valedictorian in high school, but i totally Yamcha'd when I got to college.

Kel Mitchell (from Kenan and Kel) totally Yamcha'd his acting career.

The day I was born was the best day of my life. After that, I just Yamcha'd
Yamcha'd by DinoDavid March 26, 2012
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Yamcha is a term used to compare anyone who keeps trying, but never wins.


Dragon Ball character

-Male
-He never wins against important characters

That said, he can beat unimportant ones, but those people are "UNIMPORTANT"
The only characters that Yamcha has ever beaten are the preliminary round fighters in the tournaments , who were defeated offscreen (just to show how unimportant they were)
Yamcha by pointybee1 August 23, 2008
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A word derived from Dragonball character Yamcha, used to refer to a person's failure, below-average performance, or to describe a generally lame person.
Friend: "Man, I can't believe I Yamcha'd in front of everybody..."
Best Friend: "Well, it could be worse...You could have Broly'd."
Yamcha'd by Redwake December 13, 2014
Have you heard that new album? It's straight Yamcha.
Yamcha by Real Life 2017 January 10, 2018

Yamchaing 

Failing before you even start
"Yeah man, I was playing skyrim and before I could even get to Riverwood I starting Yamchaing and had to start over in Helgen"
Yamchaing by gmon3y142 May 13, 2013

Yamcha'ed 

When you or someone dies in an idiotic manner
"I can't believe he blew himself up. He totally got Yamcha'ed there,"
Yamcha'ed by dadjaihwnbduyawn August 6, 2018