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▪ I. whomp, n. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|hwɒmp|
[Echoic.]
a. A heavy, low sound.
b. A heavy blow; also fig.
1926Blackw. Mag. May 595/2 Ever think of Piccadilly in the evening, and the ‘whomp’ of an orchestra starting up in some theatre? 1970J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 145 We got some special whomps just in case we had sneaked anything. 1977R. L. Duncan Temple Dogs i. iii. 104 Corbett realized that he had heard a sound, a kind of muted whomp and the Colonel had been shot. 1979Washington Post 4 Oct. a15/2 Liberal and conservative journals are good at least once a year for a whomp at the fat, spoiled, arrogant and pricey world they believe the average bureaucrat to live in. 1983Ibid. 16 Oct. g4/4 He recruited bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Brzezicki. The massive and dramatic rhythmic whomp they provide reflects their studio work.
▪ II. whomp, v. colloq. (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|hwɒmp|
[f. the n.]
1. trans.
a. To defeat decisively.
b. To strike (a person) hard, to hit, thump.
1952Britannica Bk. of Year 667/1 Whomp, to defeat decisively. 1973‘D. Shannon’ Spring of Violence xi. 194 If you did something wrong at school you got whomped. 1979D. Anthony Long Hard Cure ix. 79 He had a history of whomping women. 1984New Yorker 1 Oct. 113/1 Tuggle keeps whomping us on the skull.
2. trans. With up.
a. To produce quickly, with little preparation or planning.
1955T. Taylor Grand Inquest ix. 241 This procedural paraphernalia was, to borrow Al Capp's apt expression, stricly ‘whomped up’. 1957New Yorker 23 Nov. 67/1, I remember the agreement very well. The two of you whomped it up the day after Bob got his overseas orders. 1961J. Steinbeck Winter of our Discontent 190 Wives whomping up a last-ditch dinner. 1980Christian Sci. Monitor 22 May b–16/3 When people ask questions about things I really don't know the answer to..the temptation is to put on my sage mantle and whomp up something.
b. To arouse or stir up (feeling, a disturbance, etc.).
1961in Webster. 1970Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 May 1/3 Antiwar groups held rallies at dozens of colleges and universities..to whomp up student interest in a national student strike during the closing weeks of the academic year. 1975M. Amis Dead Babies xv. 74 To his hopelessness and grief, Philboyd could not act immediately; time was—when there'd have been enough tubby little rednecks like himself still living in Tara—they could have pitched right in there and whomped up a storm.
3. intr. To fall with a ‘whomp’.
1960New Scientist 14 Apr. 933/1 The Sunday edition of the New York Times..whomped to the floor outside my apartment door. |