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whump

[ wuhmp, hwuhmp ]

noun



whump

/ ʌ /

noun

  1. informal.
    a dull thud
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whump1

First recorded in 1925–30; imitative
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whump1

C19: of imitative origin
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He slid off the bed, thumping unceremoniously to the floor with a tremendous whump!

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“All cartoons rely on the unexpected twist, but Booth reveled in the haywire. There was always a joyous thump or a whump hovering around his work — often with a measure of vaudeville humor.”

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I closed the lid with a satisfying whump and did up the latches and straps.

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If we want to continue with the algorithm: After using terns and yclad, there are only three single-vowel words left in the 51Թle dictionary that don’t overlap in letters with our first two choices, and they share many of the same four consonants: whomp, bumph, whump.

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A short while later, the “whump” of an impacting shell drifts over the face of the mountain.

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