whump
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whump
First recorded in 1925–30; imitative
Example Sentences
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But what had that sound been, the whump?
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
Suddenly, the canoe hurtled downward in the furrowed water, and there was an unexpected whump as we bottomed out.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2015
You’re looking at this shadowy, cloudy shape, you start to go in a direction and whump!
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2015
There was some craft in the way he went about dismembering the carcasses of the opposition's bowling attacks: whump, down came the cleaver, and off went the ball.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2013
He landed with a whump and sat up coughing.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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