| Punch sound |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Mar 2026 |
| Comic book sound effect similar to "BAM!" |
USA Today |
13 Mar 2026 |
| Comic punch sound |
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| Wham! |
Puzzler Backwords |
27 Feb 2026 |
| Comic punch sound that rhymes with "now" |
|
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| Word indicating impact |
The Sun Mini |
18 Dec 2025 |
| Comic punch sound that rhymes with "now" |
|
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| Wham! |
Puzzler Backwords |
06 Oct 2025 |
| Comic punch sound |
|
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| Comic book sound |
New York Times |
26 Sep 2025 |
| Kin of "Bam!" |
|
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| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Aug 2025 |
| "Wham!" alternative for the sound of a punch in comics |
|
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| Socking sound |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Jul 2025 |
| [Bam!] |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jul 2025 |
| Impact sound (inf) (3) |
|
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| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Punching noise |
|
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| Sound effect from a "Batman" fight scene |
|
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| Letters common at the beginning of "power" and "powder" |
|
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| Action sound in comic |
|
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| Sound like "Boom!" |
Newsday |
15 May 2025 |
| Captured soldier |
|
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| Wham! |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 May 2025 |
| Punch sound in a comic book |
|
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| Comic punch? |
|
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| Sound of a blow |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Mar 2025 |
| Cartoon punch sound |
USA Today |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Colditz captive, perhaps |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Explosion noise in comics |
Universal |
05 Mar 2025 |
| Kin of "Bam!" |
|
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| Sound imitating impact (3) |
|
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| Hitting noise |
|
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| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Wartime prisoner. informally (1,1,1) |
|
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| Punching sound |
|
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| Pilot Officer West, captured (3) |
|
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| Prisoner of war, acronym |
|
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| Punch sound |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Wartime prisoner (3) |
|
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| Comic book sound effect |
USA Today |
19 Sep 2024 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
18 Sep 2024 |
| Sound effect in a comic-book fistfight |
|
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| Action sound in a comic |
|
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| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Comic book sound |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2024 |
| Punch sound in comics |
Universal |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Combat captive (1,1,1) |
|
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| Prisoner's suggestion of a violent blow (3) |
|
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| Punching sound, on "Batman" |
|
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| (Bam!) |
Universal |
24 Apr 2024 |
| Explosive exclamation from a prisoner (3) |
|
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| Word in a spiky text bubble, maybe |
|
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| Punch sound in a comic book |
|
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| Cartoony explosion sound |
USA Today |
11 Mar 2024 |
| Initially, an incarcerated ex-fighter (3) |
|
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| Exclamation indicating a blow has occurred (3) |
|
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| Sound of a sock |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Sound of a punch? |
|
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| Sound of impact, informally (3) |
|
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| Kin of "Bam!" |
|
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| Loud sound |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jan 2024 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2024 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jan 2024 |
| Sound effect similar to "BAM!" |
USA Today |
12 Jan 2024 |
| Sound in a "Batman" fight |
New York Times |
08 Jan 2024 |
| Word on a block in a classic video game |
|
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| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Punch sound |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Punch sound |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2023 |
| Sound of a smack |
Newsday |
07 Dec 2023 |
| “Wham!” |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Nov 2023 |
| Punch sound |
Universal |
21 Sep 2023 |
| Comic punch sound |
|
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| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Punch sound, in the comics |
|
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| (Bam!) |
Universal |
08 Aug 2023 |
| Sign of a big hit? |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2023 |
| Comic punch sound like "Bam!" |
|
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| Black Eyed Peas' "Boom Boom ___" |
|
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| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 May 2023 |
| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Comic book relative of "Bam!" and "Wham!" |
|
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| Comic book sound effect |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2023 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 Apr 2023 |
| "Wham!" |
Premier Sunday |
02 Apr 2023 |
| Punch sound |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2023 |
| "Bam!" kin |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Kin of "Bam!" |
|
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| Cartoon "punch" |
|
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| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jan 2023 |
| (Wham!) |
Universal |
16 Jan 2023 |
| Punch sound in comics |
Universal |
27 Dec 2022 |
| "Kaboom!" |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Mil. prisoner |
|
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| Comic book onomatopoeia |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2022 |
| Superhero's punch sound, in the comics |
|
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| Hit in the funnies |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Sep 2022 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Sep 2022 |
| Sound of a sock |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2022 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Punch sound |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Hard-hitting sound |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Sound similar to 'Bam!' |
USA Today |
15 Jul 2022 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Jun 2022 |
| Punch sound in comics |
USA Today |
07 Jun 2022 |
| "Boom Boom ___" (Black Eyed Peas song) |
Universal |
24 May 2022 |
| ''Bam!'' |
Newsday |
08 May 2022 |
| Sound of a punch? |
|
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| ''Just like that!'' |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2022 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Feb 2022 |
| Graphic novel sound effect |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2022 |
| "Bam!" |
Universal |
28 Dec 2021 |
| 'BAM!' relative |
USA Today |
27 Dec 2021 |
| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Nov 2021 |
| Captured Sgt |
|
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| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Comic book sound effect |
USA Today |
29 Sep 2021 |
| Sock sound |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2021 |
| Comic-book punch sound |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2021 |
| Comics punch sound |
Newsday |
10 Aug 2021 |
| Punch sound |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2021 |
| Punch sound |
Premier Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
| "Wham!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 May 2021 |
| Sound like ''Wham!'' |
Newsday |
14 May 2021 |
| [Batman punches a bad guy] |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2021 |
| 'Wham!' |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2021 |
| Cartoon sock sound |
Newsday |
19 Mar 2021 |
| Sound of a sock |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2021 |
| "Batman" sound effect |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jan 2021 |
| 'Batman' sound effect |
|
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| “Wham!” |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| "Kaboom!" |
Premier Sunday |
25 Oct 2020 |
| ''Bam!'' |
Newsday |
11 Oct 2020 |
| One captured during armed conflict: Abbr. |
|
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| Action sound in a comic |
|
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| Punch sound |
Universal |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Explosive sound |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2020 |
| "Bam!" |
Family Time |
22 Jun 2020 |
| Superhero punch sound |
Universal |
12 Jun 2020 |
| Relative of 'BAM!' |
USA Today |
10 Jun 2020 |
| Superhero sound effect |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| Superhero sound effect |
|
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| "Bam!" |
Universal |
27 Apr 2020 |
| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Uppercut sound effect |
|
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| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| Comic book punch sound |
|
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| "Batman" sound effect |
Family Time |
16 Dec 2019 |
| ''Whammo!'' |
Newsday |
06 Dec 2019 |
| 'Wham!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 Nov 2019 |
| Something that comes with a sock |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2019 |
| Soldiers in custody after an armed conflict: Abbr. |
|
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| "Bam!" relative |
Universal |
24 Aug 2019 |
| Punch in the comics |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Sound effect on 'Batman' |
New York Times |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Mil. prisoner |
|
|
| Comics sound of a sock |
Newsday |
23 Jun 2019 |
| Comic punch sound |
|
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| Comic punch sound |
|
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| Strong-connection interjection |
Newsday |
04 May 2019 |
| Comic book punch sound |
|
|
| "Batman" sound effect |
Universal |
21 Apr 2019 |
| Sound of a blow |
Newsday |
24 Feb 2019 |
| Comic book sound effect |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Feb 2019 |
| "Bam!" relative |
|
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| Comic book sound effect |
|
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| Punch in the comics |
|
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| "Batman" sound effect |
|
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| Something that comes with a sock |
|
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| Sound effect on "Batman" |
|
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| Punch line? |
New York Times |
28 Nov 2018 |
| 'Batman' fight scene word |
USA Today |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Sound effect at a brawl |
|
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| Comics punch sound |
|
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| Comics punch sound |
LA Times Daily |
26 Sep 2018 |
| Comic book punch sound |
|
|
| "Kaboom!" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jun 2018 |
| 'Kaboom!' |
|
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| "Wham!" (Sound of a punch in comics) |
|
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| Punch line? |
|
|
| "Kaboom!" |
|
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| Comics punch sound |
|
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| "Batman" fight scene word |
|
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| 'Right in the kisser!' preceder |
|
|
| "Right-in-the-kisser" sound |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2017 |
| On-screen word in a 'Batman' episode |
New York Times |
13 Sep 2017 |
| Comics punch sound |
Newsday |
30 Aug 2017 |
| 'Wham!' |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2017 |
| [Right in the kisser!] |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2017 |
| Phrase used to showcase a punch effect in comic books |
|
|
| Punch line? |
|
|
| "Batman" sound effect |
USA Today |
07 Jan 2017 |
| [Take THAT!] |
New York Times |
07 Jan 2017 |
| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| "Right in the kisser!" preceder |
|
|
| [Right in the kisser!] |
|
|
| On-screen word in a "Batman" episode |
|
|
| "Wham!" |
|
|
| [Take THAT!] |
|
|
| "Right-in-the-kisser" sound |
|
|
| "Batman" fight scene word |
USA Today |
24 Sep 2016 |
| 'Smack!' |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2016 |
| Batman sound effect |
Family Time |
30 May 2016 |
| Belt line? |
New York Times |
07 May 2016 |
| ''Socko!'' |
Newsday |
06 May 2016 |
| Punch sound |
USA Today |
28 Apr 2016 |
| '___! Right in the kisser!' |
|
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| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| Kind of camp |
Universal |
17 Dec 2015 |
| 'Smack!' |
New York Times |
18 Oct 2015 |
| 'Batman' fight scene word |
New York Times |
06 Aug 2015 |
| "Bang!" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jul 2015 |
| Sock sound |
Wall Street Journal |
26 May 2015 |
| [Wham!] |
New York Times |
12 Apr 2015 |
| Sound in a fistfight |
|
|
| "Bang!" |
|
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| Comics punch sound |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
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| Sock sound |
|
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| Punch sound |
|
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| Comic book impact sound |
|
|
| Kind of camp |
|
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| "Batman" fight scene word |
|
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| "Smack!" |
|
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| [Wham!] |
|
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| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| Fight sound |
|
|
| "Wham!" |
|
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| "Wham!" |
|
|
| Sound of impact |
|
|
| Punch sound effect |
|
|
| "Right in the kisser!" preceder |
|
|
| "Bam!" |
|
|
| Sound of a smack |
|
|
| "Wham!" |
|
|
| Pound sound? |
|
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| "Wham!" kin |
|
|
| Captured GI |
|
|
| 'Kaboom!' |
|
|
| Sound preceding "Oof!" |
|
|
| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| Fight sound |
|
|
| Mil. detainee who may reveal only the starts of the answers to starred clues |
|
|
| "Wham!" |
|
|
| Sound preceding "Oof!" |
|
|
| Sound of a sock |
|
|
| Punch noise |
|
|
| Mil. detainee who may reveal only the starts of the answers to starred clues |
|
|
| Loud sock |
|
|
| Chopsocky sound |
|
|
| 'Bang!' |
|
|
| Comics punch sound |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Punch line? |
|
|
| Punch line? |
|
|
| "Boom Boom ___" (#1 song by the Black Eyed Peas) |
|
|
| Sock-in-the-jaw sound |
|
|
| McCain was one: Abbr. |
|
|
| Captive soldier |
|
|
| Comic-strip punch sound |
|
|
| Sock-in-the-jaw sound |
|
|
| Big hit |
|
|
| Sound of a sock |
|
|
| Sound of a smack |
|
|
| 'Bam!' |
|
|
| "Batman" fight word |
|
|
| Sock sound |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| Sound of a slug |
|
|
| Comic-book blast |
|
|
| "Ka-boom!" |
|
|
| "Bam!" |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| John McCain, once |
|
|
| Right-in-the- kisser sound |
|
|
| Hit sound |
|
|
| Comics sound |
|
|
| Punch line? |
|
|
| Gunshot sound |
|
|
| Sound of a sock |
|
|
| Hanoi Hilton "guest" |
|
|
| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| Bam cousin |
|
|
| "Right in the kisser!" preceder |
|
|
| Stalag resident: Abbr. |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| Sound of a sock |
|
|
| Sock sound |
|
|
| Sound of a sock |
|
|
| Bam cousin |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| Comic strip "sound" |
|
|
| Sound of a punch |
|
|
| 'Wham!' |
|
|
| Impact sound |
|
|
| Yellow ribbon honoree: Abbr. |
|
|
| Explosive noise |
|
|
| Comic-book sound effect |
|
|
| Sound of impact |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| Impact sound |
|
|
| Hanoi Hilton resident (Abbr.) |
|
|
| "__! Right in the kisser!" |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Cartoon sock |
|
|
| Word from Kramden |
|
|
| "Oof!" cause |
|
|
| "Wham!" |
|
|
| Comic book punch sound |
|
|
| Comics' noise |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| Hit sound |
|
|
| "Batman" fight word |
|
|
| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| Explosion sound |
|
|
| "Batman" sound effect |
|
|
| Comic-book punch sound |
|
|
| McCain, once |
|
|
| Sound of impact |
|
|
| Cartoon bop |
|
|
| "Batman" fight scene sound effect |
|
|
| "Ker-bam!" |
|
|
| Hanoi Hilton "guest" |
|
|
| Fighting word |
|
|
| Stalag detainee, briefly |
|
|
| Sound in a superhero's brawl |
|
|
| John McCain, once |
|
|
| V.A. concern |
|
|
| "Smack!" |
|
|
| Punch sound |
|
|
| Whammo! |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Wham! |
|
|
| Captured GI |
|
|
| Hanoi Hilton resident briefly |
|
|
| "Batman" fight scene word |
|
|
| "Wham!" relative |
|
|
| Captured GI |
|
|
| Onomatopoeic word |
|
|
| One to remember, for short |
|
|
| Bam's cousin |
|
|
| Wham! |
|
|
| Sound of a sock |
|
|
| Dynamite sound |
|
|
| Kind of camp |
|
|
| "Bam!" |
|
|
| Explosive sound |
|
|
| Sock in the jaw |
|
|
| G.I. in a stalag |
|
|
| Kin of zap and bam |
|
|
| Comic-strip word |
|
|
| Explosion sound |
|
|
| Comic-strip sound |
|
|
| Cartoon sound |
|
|
| Stalag occupant |
|
|
| Loud sound: Colloq. |
|
|
| Sound of a blow: Colloq. |
|
|
| Prisoner on Kaje island. |
|
|
| Prisoner of war. |
|
|
| "Just like that!" |
|
|
| "Smack!" |
|
|
| Chopsocky sound |
|
|
| Sound of a blow: colloq. |
|
|
| Wainwright was one: Abbr. |
|
|
| Sound of a blow: Slang. |
|
|
| Knockout sound |
|
|
| Wham. |
|
|
| Sound of heavy impact. |
|
|
| Batman sound. |
|
|
| A new code has been formulated for him. |
|
|
| Captured foe: Colloq. |
|
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