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  • noun Plural form of whump.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whump.

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Examples

  • The next he whumps to the junction of sideline and baseline and we're back at deuce.

    Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal - as it happened! | John Ashdown 2011

  • Big bass whumps shake the glass of the flossy suburban establishment in middle-class Cerritos, CA.

    The Fil-Am Invasion | Disinformation 2007

  • She might see this as the [all-white] "dream ticket" that whumps Obama's ass, proving her right all along.

    Hillary Adviser Sid Blumenthal: Public Doesn't See McCain As Continuation Of Bush 2009

  • The shrieking of the tires, the hissing of metal ripped like paper, the dull explosive whumps of SUVs driving straight into a wall: These are wonderful things to play with.

    Is Virtual Destruction an Art Form? 2008

  • The shrieking of the tires, the hissing of metal ripped like paper, the dull explosive whumps of SUVs driving straight into a wall: These are wonderful things to play with.

    Is Virtual Destruction an Art Form? 2008

  • There was a pair of brief bright flashes, followed by two dull whumps, and the golf carts and their occupants simply ceased to exist, leaving behind nothing more than a thick pall of oily smoke, a few scraps of red-hot metal, and a pair of large, side-by-side black scorch marks on the pristine turf.

    The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004

  • There was a pair of brief bright flashes, followed by two dull whumps, and the golf carts and their occupants simply ceased to exist, leaving behind nothing more than a thick pall of oily smoke, a few scraps of red-hot metal, and a pair of large, side-by-side black scorch marks on the pristine turf.

    The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004

  • There was a pair of brief bright flashes, followed by two dull whumps, and the golf carts and their occupants simply ceased to exist, leaving behind nothing more than a thick pall of oily smoke, a few scraps of red-hot metal, and a pair of large, side-by-side black scorch marks on the pristine turf.

    The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004

  • There was a pair of brief bright flashes, followed by two dull whumps, and the golf carts and their occupants simply ceased to exist, leaving behind nothing more than a thick pall of oily smoke, a few scraps of red-hot metal, and a pair of large, side-by-side black scorch marks on the pristine turf.

    The Dick Cheney Code Henry Beard 2004

  • The loud whumps the natives made when they landed complemented the percussive quality of their chanting.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

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