Definitions

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  • interjection A dull, powerful thudding sound.
  • verb To produce a dull, powerful thudding sound.

Etymologies

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Imitative.

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Examples

  • Every now and then we hear a big "whoomp" and that either means the power is going out or something is wrong with the air.

    What a week. Image Goddess 2007

  • Every now and then we hear a big "whoomp" and that either means the power is going out or something is wrong with the air.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Image Goddess 2007

  • Spencer must be in the kitchen; Jon can hear dishes clattering, and the occasional soft 'whoomp' of a cupboard door closing.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2008

  • Tagged with 1990s, Barack Obama, The truth is out there, whoomp there it is, worse than Watergate

    June « 2010 « Gerry Canavan 2010

  • It was a low thudding sound, like a boulder dropping to earth: whoomp!

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • Tagged with 1990s, The truth is out there, Barack Obama, worse than Watergate, whoomp there it is

    Worse Than Watergate « Gerry Canavan 2010

  • Best Billboard Hits of 1999 freak me, janet jackson, music 1993, tag team, Trivia, ub40, whitney houston, whoomp there is is

    Best Billboard Hits of 1993 | myFiveBest 2009

  • It was a low thudding sound, like a boulder dropping to earth: whoomp!

    End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011

  • Tagged with 1990s, Barack Obama, true facts, whoomp there it is

    Wake Up Sheeple « Gerry Canavan 2010

  • The sound of their bodies being run over by my wheels sounded like snowballs softly hitting the car, whoomp, whoomp, whoomp.

    Bunnies 2009

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