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whump
[ wuhmp, hwuhmp ]
whump
/ ʌ /
noun
- informal.a dull thud
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whump1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whump1
Example Sentences
He slid off the bed, thumping unceremoniously to the floor with a tremendous whump!
“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.”
I closed the lid with a satisfying whump and did up the latches and straps.
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.
A short while later, the “whump” of an impacting shell drifts over the face of the mountain.
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