In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
whack, wham, whop, wallop
(verb) hit hard; “The teacher whacked the boy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wham (plural whams)
a forceful blow
the sound of such a blow; a thud
wham
the sound of a forceful blow
wham (third-person singular simple present whams, present participle whamming, simple past and past participle whammed)
to strike or smash (into) something with great force or impact
• hawm, mwah
Source: Wiktionary
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.