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noun

ˈ(h)wämp

Definition of whomp

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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verb

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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Putting aside the frustration for Delroy Lindo, who would’ve looked so great collecting an award with his polka-dot ascot, Sean Penn’s decision to skip the Oscars gave the Best Supporting Actor award a real whomp-whomp feeling. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026 In stained water, the whomp and vibration these lures emit is second to none. — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025 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 Hunks of lardon bring a bacony whomp; they’re offset by a mulchy, acidic riff on salsa made with roasted broccoli. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021 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

Last year, the Hoosiers got whomped in the two games against elite opposition (a 38-15 loss at Ohio State and a 27-17 loss at Notre Dame that was 27-3 with less than two minutes left). — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025 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 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

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The origin of the thunderclap (sometimes called the Viking clap) is disputed, with several clubs in Europe claiming to have started the trend, but Iceland popularised it and brought it to the world stage.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 June 2026
One of the moments in the musical that caused the most laughter and claps from the audience was the final song, which mocks the idea of using violence as a form of protest rather than joining a movement or focusing on policy.

— Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026

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Vanilla ice cream was layered with strawberry sauce, pound cake pieces, strawberry crunch, whipped topping and fresh strawberries, then served with cinnamon-sugar chips fried in-house.

— Tristan Graziano, Charlotte Observer, 10 July 2026
The next morning, the wind whipped the lake to a froth, making the crossing to the river’s outlet impossible.

— John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026

Definition of whip

Verb

After scoring in Mexico’s opening match against South Africa — his first goal at a World Cup — Jimenez was overcome with emotion on the pitch.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
To be able to feel and touch the community of Cologne, and this person who suffered that ordeal and overcame it — and then managed to carry out the courage of her convictions with Ukrainian refugees.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2026

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As Meta races ahead with its multi-hundred-billion-dollar AI push, rivals Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon are also chasing the same tax breaks and energy deals from states scrambling for a piece of the AI boom.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 13 July 2026
In his Sunday column , Jim argued the sector continues to offer some of the market's strongest earnings growth and is best positioned to capitalize on the artificial intelligence boom.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 13 July 2026

Definition of boom

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So the production would brave heavy winds with fireboats that could pummel the main boat with blasts of water to create storm effects.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Their early live shows were marked by ominous guitar riffs, blast beats, and gruesome antics onstage, feeding into the early signs of a new heavy metal subgenre that would become death metal.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 14 July 2026

Definition of blast

Verb

Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026
The administration has since tried to bomb its way out of this war, but without the ability to hold territory, the United States is now merely depleting its stocks of expensive ordnance to little strategic effect.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

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