I. ˈhw]ämp also ˈw] or ]ȯmp noun
or whoomp ]ümp
( -s )
Etymology: imitative
: a loud slap, crash, or crunch
an alert beaver slaps his heavy flat tail with a tremendous whomp on the surface of the water — Alan Devoe
could hear the occasional whomp of their guns echoing across the hills — William English
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
: bang , slap
bombs whomped down — advt
transitive verb
1. : bang , slap
2. : to defeat overwhelmingly : trounce
whomped their arch-rival in the season's climactic football game