whump

I waited for the "whump" of the explosion, the popped out left and fired off two quick rounds, only to realize that my attackers were all children, maybe 10 or 12 years old.

ccfinlay: Like Light Bulb Glass: Think It Was A Bad Idea? ccfinlay 2006

When they set off the blast, you could barely hear the muffled "whump" below your feet (yeah, we stood right there, not four or five meters from the hole).

grouse Diary Entry grouse 2004

There was an instant when he wasn't certain it would work-but then the gasoline he'd poured around the inside of the barn caught, and with a satisfying "whump," the inside of the building blossomed into flame.

Omnibus Lackey, Mercedes 1993

Instantly there was a dull "whump," more felt in one's tissues than heard aloud.

The Runaway Asteroid Michael D. Cooper

Then there was a loud whump, and what had been a helicopter was now a ball of flame, spewing randomly shaped black debris that slammed into the steel superstructure of the Obelisk.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

I liked hearing that whump sound each time I rammed his head down into the bottom of that old thing.

Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011

Or was that his own heart beating … thaw-whump, thaw-whump, thaw-whump …?

Heart's Desire, a short story 2009

Then there was a loud whump, and what had been a helicopter was now a ball of flame, spewing randomly shaped black debris that slammed into the steel superstructure of the Obelisk.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

It was raining harder in the plaza now, but still Peter could hear the sucking sound of those thick windshield wipers on that 1948 Buick Roadster V-8: Thaw-whump, thaw-whump, thaw-whump.

Heart's Desire, a short story 2009

I liked hearing that whump sound each time I rammed his head down into the bottom of that old thing.

Kings of Colorado David E. Hilton 2011