as in claps
a loud explosive sound
the crate of oranges landed on the floor with a whump a whump in the kitchen startled the dog
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Noun
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Stewart said to massive claps from the audience.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Owen Wilson’s Stick has been renewed for a second season; the news was likely received to just mild golf claps among the online golfing community.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025
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Wispy ’90s bangs are notoriously finicky—they’re so lightweight that the slightest brush against your forehead can leave them greasy and flat.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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Like baby bangs, but for drapery.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
30 Oct. 2025
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last week explained why Americans don’t care about metrics that politicians like to cite, including strong spending or gross domestic product booms.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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That’s because asset price booms tend to follow Fed rate cuts, and older, wealthier consumers — who own more stocks — disproportionately benefit from those market gains.—
Carlos Waters,
CNBC,
29 Oct. 2025
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Praises are sung for industry while defensive bunkers, of which Hoxha build hundreds of thousands, withstand test blasts, proving their readiness to stand up to decadent imperialist forces from the West.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Below, a brief moment of reprieve from all the other holiday sale blasts and the tantalizing pages of deals on Amazon for some light aromatherapy.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Across America, there have been multiple fatal crashes involving drivers who couldn’t understand basic English road signs.—
Roger Marshall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating 58 reports of FSD traffic-safety violations, including 23 injuries and 14 crashes.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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Christmas Garland Add a touch of winter magic to bannisters, doorways, and fireplace mantels with this 72-inch garland that includes pops of red berries, faux cypress, and pine.—
Ali Faccenda,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Virgil van Dijk and Wayne Rooney have been taking pops at each other.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Whumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whumps. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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