as in clap
a loud explosive sound
the dish fell off the table and hit the hardwood floor with a whomp
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as in to whip
to defeat by a large margin
the basketball team was whomped in the last game of the regular season and missed out on the playoffs
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Recent Examples of whomp
Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Its taste crosses the nutty, caramelized purity of homemade ghee with the unmistakable whomp of pork.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
The remaining words were: whoop, phony, chomp, ghoul, chock, and whomp.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
Nearly every morning the whomp of Russian artillery shells fired from miles away, across the Dnipro River, shakes the city.
—Jeffrey Gettleman Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
Winning the turnover war, the unstoppable J.Chase freak show, D.J. Reader putting the whomp on Derrick Henry, E. McPherson topping himself seemingly weekly, Saint Joe blessing the proceedings with his presence.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2022
During this siege, several sturgeon in the 5-foot range jumped several times around the boat, landing with a giant whomp and whirl the size of a washtub.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 23 May 2020
Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
The teams design flavorful fantastic creations, from edible spiders to a whomping willow tree.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
There’s a clear upside to the Florida Panthers getting whomped Saturday night.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2024
The Goons whomped on a number of unsuspecting victims in mob attacks in Gilbert and nearby communities over the course of a year, in several cases rendering people unconscious or bloodied.
—Abe Kwok, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
Former President Donald Trump is whomping Nikki Haley in her home state, according to the latest polls on the Republican opponents’ prospects in the South Carolina primary, scheduled for Feb. 24.
—Richard Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
As leader of the Conservative Party, Johnson won a whomping 80-seat majority in the House of Commons in 2019.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
Raymond taught the Phanatic what became his signature moves: how to whomp his paunch, how to suction a plunger to the head of a bald man, how to stand at a distance and land rings on the plunger.
—New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
The sarcastic, whomping Fountains Of Wayne and lithe and buzzy Tinted Windows were fundamentally power pop, while Ivy combined cool Eurolounge with sad hints of Burt Bacharach.
—Marc Hirsh, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
Noun
In stained water, the whomp and vibration these lures emit is second to none.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025
Its taste crosses the nutty, caramelized purity of homemade ghee with the unmistakable whomp of pork.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2024
The remaining words were: whoop, phony, chomp, ghoul, chock, and whomp.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 6 May 2023
Nearly every morning the whomp of Russian artillery shells fired from miles away, across the Dnipro River, shakes the city.
—Jeffrey Gettleman Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
Winning the turnover war, the unstoppable J.Chase freak show, D.J. Reader putting the whomp on Derrick Henry, E. McPherson topping himself seemingly weekly, Saint Joe blessing the proceedings with his presence.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 Jan. 2022
During this siege, several sturgeon in the 5-foot range jumped several times around the boat, landing with a giant whomp and whirl the size of a washtub.
—Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 23 May 2020
Verb
The opening line has been bet down a point, owing to all the Lions’ injuries at all three defensive levels as well as recency bias from Thanksgiving when the Bears bumbled their way out of a potential upset in Motown and the Packers whomped the Dolphins.
—Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
The teams design flavorful fantastic creations, from edible spiders to a whomping willow tree.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
There’s a clear upside to the Florida Panthers getting whomped Saturday night.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2024
The Goons whomped on a number of unsuspecting victims in mob attacks in Gilbert and nearby communities over the course of a year, in several cases rendering people unconscious or bloodied.
—Abe Kwok, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024
Former President Donald Trump is whomping Nikki Haley in her home state, according to the latest polls on the Republican opponents’ prospects in the South Carolina primary, scheduled for Feb. 24.
—Richard Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
As leader of the Conservative Party, Johnson won a whomping 80-seat majority in the House of Commons in 2019.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 15 June 2023
Raymond taught the Phanatic what became his signature moves: how to whomp his paunch, how to suction a plunger to the head of a bald man, how to stand at a distance and land rings on the plunger.
—New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
The sarcastic, whomping Fountains Of Wayne and lithe and buzzy Tinted Windows were fundamentally power pop, while Ivy combined cool Eurolounge with sad hints of Burt Bacharach.
—Marc Hirsh, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for whomp
Noun
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Is everyone ready to get your clap on?—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
31 Aug. 2025
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The Golf Channel would always be playing in the background; the soft claps were the soundtrack to our slow Saturdays.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Olbinski ran to his car, while others hunkered down and braved the brutal winds and whipping sand.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Milwaukee mother who claimed her stepfather threw her baby from a balcony has now been charged with child abuse herself, accused of whipping her younger brothers.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Princess Kate has experimented with short layers, sunny highlights, curtain bangs and even anonymously donated seven inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust charity in 2017.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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As for Gladys’s signature micro bangs, Wheat says those came about during the testing process, when the team was playing around with where to pin the wig.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As a metro-area duo, though, Johnson and Fisher would whup any bad-owner tag team from any other city.—
Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Nov. 2021
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Realize can’t nobody whup you.—
Bob McManaman,
The Arizona Republic,
30 Aug. 2020
Noun
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Meantime the post-Nvidia-earnings collective rethink of the trajectory, profitability and durability of the AI-capex boom has Nvidia shares testing two-month support and Microsoft and Meta Platforms undergoing 8%-plus corrections from their recent highs.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Internet boom was beginning to explode.—
Randy Bean,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Outperforming some of them on the pitch is one thing, but Newcastle cannot yet overcome the off-field strength of the ‘Big Six’.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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Part of the presentation focused on helping people overcome their fear of being ostracized for having plants seen as too wild.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The strands boast a medley of maple leaves, pumpkins, and pinecones in earthy hues that add a pop of color to a mantel without looking over the top.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Sep. 2025
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Swift’s zigs and zags were well timed for cultural and technological shifts that were dissolving the very meaning of pop.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Lopez threw for 18 touchdowns and ran for seven at South Alabama, but Belichick and offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens were hesitant to use Lopez as a runner.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Videos and still photos showed Sergio Busquets throwing a punch, Luis Suarez spitting on a Sounders security official, and several other Miami players pushing, shoving, and grabbing Sounders players after the match, which drew a sellout crowd of 69,314 at Lumen Field in Seattle.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Whomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whomp. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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