whomp on

1. To beat up. While I was away at camp, I didn't miss my older brother whomping on me and giving me noogies whenever Mom's back is turned.

2. To defeat, especially decisively. We had high hopes going into the game, but the other team totally whomped on us, giving us our first loss.

whomp up

To make quickly. I wasn't expecting company, but don't worry, I can whomp up a dinner for us in no time!

whump

1. noun, informal An onomatopoeia for the dull thud created when something large or flat strikes another surface. He dropped the stack of books on the desk with a whump. The tree went "whump" when it landed on the ground.

2. verb, informal To strike someone or something very heavily, producing such a dull thud as a result. He whumped the side of the jukebox with his foot to get it started again. I wish you wouldn't whump me on the back like that whenever you see me.

3. verb, informal By extension, to defeat someone soundly, especially in an athletic competition. They whumped the other team in the championship game. A: "How'd the game go?" B: "They whumped us 42 to 3."

whump

and whomp and womp (ʍəmp and ʍɑmp and wɑmp)

1. tv. to beat or outscore someone. They set out to whump us, and they sure did.

2. n. the sound made when two flat surfaces fall together. I heard the whump when the shed collapsed.

whomp

verb

See whump

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References in periodicals archive

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Catholic sacraments built on this, although we have so "churchified" them that they don't have the whomp that boys need anymore.

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The emissions recorded by Scarf, some of which were audible over loudspeakers as a sort of gentle gurgle, at first intensified as expected, but then failed to climax in a pronounced "whomp!" as ICE penetrated the region where the shock wave may have been.

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He landed with a muffled whomp and a billowing puff of snow rose from where just weeks ago there had been leaf litter.

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The sounds are equally rhythmic: the synchronized "thunk!" of oars against oarlocks, the authoritative "whomp!" as muscular legs press sliding seats to full extension.

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And they couldn't care less about economic injustice, by the way, which is why it best serves the public good to whomp them all to death with a rock.

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YOU first clap eyes on him and whomp! Your knees turn to jelly, your heart does a double flip and you can practically feel your knickers sliding off.

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He said he knows of no other meaning for "Aguacil" and no negative connotation for "dragonfly," except, of course, that most people want to whomp them with a large rock.

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He had fallen next to one of the lodgers, who was in shock." Another witness added: "I heard a 'whomp'.

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Now that the Asian beetle has hit our shores, people just want to whomp them on the head with a rock.

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Coulter contacted me because he had the sort of small problem with his daughter's cell phone bill that causes otherwise sane parents to long for the days when phones were heavy enough to whomp Verizon sales reps over the head.

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*whomp whomp whomp* I hear she has teamed up with producer Paul "Groucho" Smykle to produce the UK's next big club banger and wants to explore new sonic treats.

SARAH'S SOUND DECISION