Noun: whammy wa-mee
- A serious or devastating setback
"The company's stock price took a whammy after the negative earnings report";
- body blow [informal]
- An evil spell
"he put the whammy on me";
- hex, jinx, curse, mozz [Austral, informal]
Derived forms: whammies
Type of: black eye, blow, charm, magic spell, magical spell, reversal, reverse, setback, spell
Encyclopedia: Whammy