Word Net

whammy

1 a serious or devastating setback

2 an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" [syn: hex, jinx, curse]

Moby Thesaurus

Jonah, amulet, anathema, bad blood, bad influence, bad temper, bad will, ban, bedroom eyes, blasphemy, blighting glance, bring bad luck, cantrip, charm, come-hither look, commination, curse, damnation, denunciation, enchantment, evil disposition, evil eye, evil genius, evil star, excommunication, execration, exorcism, fetish, fulmination, fylfot, gammadion, gape, gaze, glad eye, glamour, glare, glower, glowering look, goggle, good-luck charm, hex, hoodoo, ill nature, ill will, ill wind, ill-disposedness, imprecation, jinx, juju, love charm, lucky bean, lucky piece, madstone, magic spell, malevolence, malevolent influence, malison, malocchio, mascot, mumbo jumbo, obeah, ogle, penetrating look, periapt, philter, phylactery, proscription, scarab, scarabaeus, scarabee, spell, stare, sudarium, swastika, talisman, thundering, veronica, voodoo, wanga, weird

Whammy can refer to:

The villain of the game show Press Your Luck and its spin-off series, Whammy! The All-New Press Your Luck
- Whammy! Push Your Luck, the Philippine franchise.
Whammy! - A 1983 album by The B-52's
A whammy bar is a colloquial term for a guitar's tremolo arm
- Digitech Whammy - A guitar effects pedal
An evil spell or curse (hex)
A curse put on the opposing team by Dancing Harry
The catchphrase of Champ Kind, a character in the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.