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

2 of 2

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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whomps
  1. claps
  2. bombs
  3. bangs
  4. whips
  5. booms
  6. overcomes
  7. blasts
  8. buries
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of claps
Verb
  • The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of bombs
Noun
  • Wills had been in a meeting and recalled a fireball flying past and singeing her bangs.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In place of the blunt bangs, Reputation, Lover, Folklore, Evermore, Midnights, and The Tortured Poets Department.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of bangs
Verb
  • 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
  • The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
Definition of whips
Noun
  • Cities that saw outsized pandemic-era migration and construction booms are now working through excess supply, producing the only sustained year-over-year price declines in the country.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The former offensive lineman is a towering presence on the practice field, and his voice booms across the field even with whistles and music blaring.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of booms
Verb
  • Somaliland is proximate and overcomes some of the limitations imposed by other regional hosts like Djibouti and Middle East partners.
    — Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • This technique overcomes limitations of older methods like genotyping arrays, which were often biased towards European ancestries and less accurate.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of overcomes
Noun
  • Sinner, a lanky twenty-four-year-old Italian with red hair, sharp elbows, and ground strokes like shotgun blasts, had won thirty consecutive matches and was the overwhelming favorite.
    — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Neither of the two blasts Shearer experienced in Iraq produced obvious injuries, and medics prioritized Marines who were more badly hurt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of blasts
Verb
  • Every trick that gamed the old algorithm is now detected, and most of it actively buries your content.
    — Tammy Homegardner, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.
    — Clarissa Cruz, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Definition of buries
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“Whomps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whomps. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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