shazam

• shazaam

Apparently coined by American comic book writer Bill Parker in February 1940,^[1][2] from the first letters of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury.

• IPA^(key): /ʃəˈzæm/
• Rhymes: -æm

shazam

1. Used to indicate that a magic trick or other illusion has been performed.

   Synonyms: abracadabra, alakazam, hocus-pocus, presto chango, presto, voila, ta-da

   • 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:

     The Tahitian kids had ridden out most of their lives, and they were busy riding in on their surf mats and belly boards. But when they met the out part, shazam!

   • 2008, Tom Bissinger, Da Capo:Selected Writings 1967-2004: Selected Writings 1967-2004, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 91:

     My parents lived in the Last Naïf Age: the last ‘good war’, atoms for peace, and parental philosophy that said children should do and say exactly what we do and say, and Shazam! You'll be us.

   • 2009, K. L. Denman, Me, Myself and Ike, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 185:

     So I brought you down the trail on the sled, put you in my car and, shazam, here we are.

shazam (third-person singular simple present shazams, present participle shazamming, simple past and past participle shazammed)

1. (neologism, uncommon, transitive) To identify the artist or the name of a song using the Shazam application.

• hamzas