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1. Interjection used, usually at unexpected times, during the action of striking another. In most cases this is said when giving a ball tap. Exclamation of this word aids in making the attack more public.

2. Verb. To give an unexpected ball tap.
1. <Hey Larry, we totally should go to Quick Check later. >

"Totally, all day I have bee-"

<wha-BAM!!>

"... why? ... ow..."

<Because it was funny.>

2. "Jay totally screwed me over, I'm going to wha-bam him when he's not looking."
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A word to be used when just a simple "Bam" would not provide the desired effect. A word used to convey the huge ramifications of several actions that lead the subject down a road to inevitable demise. A WORD THAT MUST BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
Roger: "Did you hear about Ted?"
Fran: "No, what happened"
Roger: "Well it was the third night in a row that he came home late from the office, and his wife noticed that he smelled of a perfume that she never wore. So she drugged his evening tea, waited until he passed out, and then brought him up to the roof of the building. There, she stripped him down to his boxers, and tied his left ankle to the slightly bent TV antenna. She left him there for three days and three nights, and on the dawn of the fourth day, she undid the rope..dragged him to the edge of the building..and pushed him over the edge. On his way down, Ted took one last look up at the sky and then looked down to the ground where he saw a man walking by on the sidewalk. He followed the man with his eyes when WHABAM!.. the man spilled his coffe on his new tie.
Fran: But the tie was okay?
Roger:Thankfully
Fran: ....good.
whabam by Nicka Fri Fri April 19, 2007
A word to be used when just a simple "Bam" would not provide the desired effect. A word used to convey the huge ramifications of several actions that lead the subject down a road to inevitable demise. A WORD THAT MUST BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
Roger: "Did you hear about Ted?"
Fran: "No, what happened"
Roger: "Well it was the third night in a row that he came home late from the office, and his wife noticed that he smelled of a perfume that she never wore. So she drugged his evening tea, waited until he passed out, and then brought him up to the roof of the building. There, she stripped him down to his boxers, and tied his left ankle to the slightly bent TV antenna. She left him there for three days and three nights, and on the dawn of the fourth day, she undid the rope..dragged him to the edge of the building..and pushed him over the edge. On his way down, Ted took one last look up at the sky and then looked down to the ground where he saw a man walking by on the sidewalk. He followed the man with his eyes when WHABAM!.. the man spilled his coffe on his new tie.
Whabam by Nicka Fri Fri December 16, 2008
A word usually following when a skater says "owned"
I declare this car owned, WHABAM!
Whabam by LinksRevenge86 March 4, 2008
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"Booya! That freestyle was dutty!"
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