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whomp

[hwomp, womp] Informal.
–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.
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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whomp   (hwŏmp, wŏmp)   
n.  A loud, heavy blow or thud.
v.   whomped, whomp·ing, whomps

v.   tr.
  1. To hit or strike.

  2. To defeat soundly; trounce: whomped the opposing team.

  3. To prepare or make, especially with little effort. Often used with up: "Meanwhile, you whomp up yams and spuds and bake your pies" (Garrison Keillor).

v.   intr.
To hit or strike with a whomp.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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