tump-tumpn.
/ˈtʌmpˈtʌmp/ A short sound as of water slopping without splashing, or a large ball being kicked.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > flat or limp impact
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tump-tump1917
1917 R. Kipling Diversity of Creatures 255 The ‘tump-tump’ of the puntabouts before the sides settled to games.
1983 Listener 20 Oct. 26/3 The one creation that is seen in innumerable moods is the Fenland water—rising to the tump-tump of the water~pumps.
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