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whomps 1 of 2

noun

plural of whomp

as in claps

a loud explosive sound the dish fell off the table and hit the hardwood floor with a whomp

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whomps

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verb

present tense third-person singular of whomp

as in bombs

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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Noun

The entire gymnasium roared with claps and cheers, the loudest and most fervent applause of the evening.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
The Golf Channel would always be playing in the background; the soft claps were the soundtrack to our slow Saturdays.

— Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of claps

Noun

Prompts for bangs are up 60 percent as a category, led by wispy bangs (up 260 percent) and curtain bangs (up 100 percent), alongside a rise in more dramatic cuts like bobs and pixie cuts.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Back in the Day Patrick —rocking the ultimate 2008 bangs — attended the premiere of Rambo with his dad and little brother Christopher at The Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bangs

Verb

Bertha whips Bridget for inspiring uncomfortable feelings in her.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Instead of floating crosses in, Saka either whips his deliveries low near the six-yard box or works a slightly more central position to cut the ball back with a firmer connection.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of whips

Noun

After the cannon booms shatters these boxes, the ensemble tumbles together in a finale worthy of Tchaikovsky.

— Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Reilly said another wave of IPOs and share sales could be particularly significant, since similar issuance booms have historically coincided with market peaks.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of booms

Noun

Customers no longer receive generic, irritating blasts, instead experiencing highly contextual, proactive and genuinely helpful brand interactions that adapt to their real-time needs.

— Pratik Bhadra, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
The force of the blasts caused the earth to shake in surrounding areas.

— Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of blasts

Verb

Past a certain point, more preparation buries the message instead of sharpening it.

— Lynn Smith, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.

— Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026

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