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whomp

  [hwomp, womp] Informal.
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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)
4. to make a banging or slapping noise: Guns whomped in the distance.
—Verb phrase
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; imit.
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Slang Dictionary
whump [ʍəmp] and [ʍɑmp, wɑmp]

and whomp; womp
  1. tv.
    to beat or outscore someone. : They set out to whump us, and they sure did.
  2. n.
    the sound made when two flat surfaces fall together. : I heard the whump when the shed collapsed.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

whomp  (n.)
1926, echoic of the sound of a heavy blow or something falling heavily; the verb is first attested 1952.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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