Thesaurus results for WHUMPS

whumps

noun

plural of whump

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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Recent Examples of whumps Isango, a 300-pound adult male, takes a long pee and then stamps his feet hard, a series of thunderous whumps to the soil. — Noo Saro-Wiwa, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2023

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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

Noun

Saldaña was draped in a black V-neck gown; Kidman sported effortlessly chic bangs and a shimmering Art Deco–esque top.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
At the film’s Shanghai premiere, her short, curly cut was replaced with long, straight locks and choppy baby bangs.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Definition of bangs

Noun

Chip stocks, particularly those that specialize in memory, are notoriously cyclical, with regular booms and busts based on rising and falling demand.

— Ryan Vlastelica, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
But in the first decade of the new century, these two leaders oversaw recoveries, and then booms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026

Definition of booms

Noun

Taillon has coughed up 25 home runs in 15 starts this season, allowing five in his previous two starts, ceding at least one in 12 turns and permitting multiple blasts in eight starts.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Residents described hearing explosions believed to be blasts from the old shells, authorities said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of blasts

Noun

There have been other deadly crashes involving sightseeing flights near the Nazca Lines.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
There was plenty of action on Swiss National Day in Lausanne, with unfortunate crashes and a daring breakaway, but the top teams’ desire for that first leader’s jersey was always going to win out.

— Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of crashes

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The interior, meanwhile, tips a hat to Hermès, with pops of the French fashion house’s famous orange playing against an otherwise very subtle palette.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
Still, Owens received one of the biggest pops of the night, and will be treated as a babyface in a feud with fellow babyface CM Punk.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of pops

Noun

There are also thunderclaps, which are loud, explosive sounds of thunder that can accompany an extremely close lightning strike.

— Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 May 2026

Definition of thunderclaps

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