whomp
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noun
1.
a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
verb (used with object)
2.
to defeat (a person, opposing team, etc.) decisively: We whomped the visiting team.
3.
to slap or strike: to whomp the kids.
verb (used without object)
Verb phrases 4.
to make a banging or slapping noise: Guns whomped in the distance.
5.
whomp up, Informal.
a.
to make or create quickly: to whomp up a new set of guidelines.
b.
to stir up; rouse: to whomp up public approval.
Origin:
1925–30; imitative
1925–30; imitative
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
whomp
1926, echoic of the sound of a heavy blow or something falling heavily; the verb is first attested 1952.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
whump definition[ʍəmp] and [ʍɑmp, wɑmp]and whomp; womp
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
It would have been a serene tableau, except for the air-sucking whomp of artillery shells.
Army managed to conceal the whomp-whomp of helicopter rotor blades, but photos of the wreckage offer clues.
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