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Definition of WHOMP

: a loud slap, crash, or crunch

Origin of WHOMP

imitative

First Known Use: 1926

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Synonyms: bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, pop, report, slam, smash, snap, thunderclap, thwack, whack, clap, whump

Rhymes with WHOMP

champ, chomp, clomp, comp, pomp, romp, stamp, stomp, swamp, tramp, tromp

Definition of WHOMP

intransitive verb

: to strike with a sharp noise or thump

transitive verb

1

: to hit or slap sharply

2

: to defeat decisively : trounce

3

: to create or put together especially hastily —usually used with up

First Known Use of WHOMP

1942

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Synonyms: annihilate, blow away, bomb, bury, clobber, cream, drub, dust, flatten, paste, rout, shellac, skin, skunk, smoke [slang], smother, snow under, thrash, trim, tromp, trounce, wallop, wax [slang], whip, whop (or whap), whup

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