Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A loud, heavy blow or thud.
- intransitive verb To hit or strike.
- intransitive verb To defeat soundly; trounce.
- intransitive verb To prepare or make, especially with little effort. Often used with up.
- intransitive verb To hit or strike with a whomp.
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- verb slang Hit extremely hard.
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- verb beat overwhelmingly
- verb hit with the hand
Etymologies
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Examples
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I thought I was the only one with a word whomp addiction.
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How about a question where she goes first, followed by him - giving him the opportunity to "whomp" her?
John Edwards Doesn't Exist. Why? Because He Just Doesn't. 2009
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Obama did 'whomp' Hillary first when she said she had been asking the Pentagon about a plan.
John Edwards Doesn't Exist. Why? Because He Just Doesn't. 2009
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It slammed down on the beach with a sickening "whomp" while it smashed palm trees and demolished an entire campground.
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The doors slam shut with a satisfying "whomp," the climate-control buttons make a sturdy "click" and, best of all, you can put the ragtop down with one hand!
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I heard a noise, as if something giant and alive was being torn in two, and then I heard a "whomp" outside the window.
Thestar.com - Home Page Joe Fiorito 2011
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The ice made a huge "whomp" sound, and Tribone said that his sister, Allegra Tribone, asked if they were dead, which thankfully they weren't.
Berks county news 2010
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Kratos sends the chains flying away and landing with a very satisfying 'whomp' sound.
andPOP.com 2009
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One side of it was close to the woods and the flames were significantly high and I was just waiting for it to 'whomp' into the woods. "
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Members of al Qaeda in Iraq came to expect that they might wake up one night to the whomp of a helicopter overhead, the rattle of a Humvee outside, the explosion of their front door.
The SEAL Sensibility Eric Greitens 2011
yarb commented on the word whomp
The noise made by the wingbeats of the fell beasts ridden by the Nazgul in the Lord of the Rings movie.
October 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word whomp
Really? You think so? Hmm. I LURVE that sound, but I wouldn't have called it a whomp. Which raises the question... what else would one call it?
Whumpf?
Hmm...
P.s. "fell beast" is gorgeous, innit?
October 20, 2007
oroboros commented on the word whomp
Yeah, I like whumpf. Whomp is more like, for "upside the head" or "on your bones".
October 20, 2007
yarb commented on the word whomp
I suppose it is more of a whumpf. Gotta love those fell beasts.
October 20, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word whomp
Wait, though---what do you think the sound is of the screaming of the fell beasts? I cannot describe it in any effective way, but I always think of the scene in "Return of the King" in which the armies are marching out of Minas Morghul. (What a scene to watch with surround-sound...)
October 21, 2007
yarb commented on the word whomp
I haven't watched it in a few months, but are you sure you mean the noise of the fell beasts, not the screeching of the Nazgul?
I know the scene - I can see the fell beast straining at the bit, slavering at the prospect of horse-flesh - but I can't bring to mind any noise the rearing fell beast might make.
I'll look out for it next time.
October 21, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word whomp
I love that we're having a normal conversation using "fell beast" lots of times.
I know the Nazgul make a horrid noise, but the fell beast with its wing wrapped around the gate tower at Minas Morghul--that's definitely the beast making the horrible screaming noise. I just wouldn't know what to call it. "Screech" doesn't do it justice.
October 22, 2007
yarb commented on the word whomp
For speculation as to the feeding habits of fell beasts, see whopping.
November 9, 2007
yarb commented on the word whomp
I watched the movie again a few days ago and I heard the noise in question. In my opinion it's sort of a shcrearrrk - sort of Gaelic-sounding.
November 30, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word whomp
Right. You're right.
What about the sound of its wings flapping, like when Frodo and Sam are hiding in the marsh of the dead and the fell beast flies over? Would you call that a whumpf?
March 1, 2008
yarb commented on the word whomp
Farmer Palmer whomped the whip in the air, and snapped it lightly on the ass's rump.
- William Steig, Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride
September 29, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word whomp
What would Miss Finster say if she learned that "whomp" is a real word, but it isn't dirty?
January 22, 2009
bilby commented on the word whomp
Isn't this a Charlie Brown word?
January 22, 2009
tbtabby commented on the word whomp
Also the name of an enemy in Super Mario 64. A giant slab of stone with stubby arms and legs and a big, ugly face. It tries to crush Mario by falling on him, but if it misses, he can kill it by ground-pounding the weak spot on its back.
January 23, 2009