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whomp

 (wŏmp, hwŏmp) Informal
n.
A loud, heavy blow or thud.
v. whomped, whomp·ing, whomps
v.tr.
1. To hit or strike.
2. To defeat soundly; trounce: whomped the opposing team.
3. To prepare or make, especially with little effort. Often used with up: "Meanwhile, you whomp up yams and spuds and bake your pies" (Garrison Keillor).
v.intr.
To hit or strike with a whomp.
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whomp

(wɒmp)
n
a thumping sound
vb (tr)
1. to hit
2. to trounce or defeat utterly
3. (with: up) to make or create quickly
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whomp

(ʰwɒmp, wɒmp)

n. Informal.
1. a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
v.t.
2. to defeat decisively.
3. to slap or strike.
v.i.
4. to make a banging or slapping noise.
5. whomp up, to stir up; rouse: to whomp up public approval.
[1925–30; imitative]
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whomp


Past participle: whomped
Gerund: whomping

Imperative
whomp
whomp
Present
I whomp
you whomp
he/she/it whomps
we whomp
you whomp
they whomp
Preterite
I whomped
you whomped
he/she/it whomped
we whomped
you whomped
they whomped
Present Continuous
I am whomping
you are whomping
he/she/it is whomping
we are whomping
you are whomping
they are whomping
Present Perfect
I have whomped
you have whomped
he/she/it has whomped
we have whomped
you have whomped
they have whomped
Past Continuous
I was whomping
you were whomping
he/she/it was whomping
we were whomping
you were whomping
they were whomping
Past Perfect
I had whomped
you had whomped
he/she/it had whomped
we had whomped
you had whomped
they had whomped
Future
I will whomp
you will whomp
he/she/it will whomp
we will whomp
you will whomp
they will whomp
Future Perfect
I will have whomped
you will have whomped
he/she/it will have whomped
we will have whomped
you will have whomped
they will have whomped
Future Continuous
I will be whomping
you will be whomping
he/she/it will be whomping
we will be whomping
you will be whomping
they will be whomping
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been whomping
you have been whomping
he/she/it has been whomping
we have been whomping
you have been whomping
they have been whomping
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been whomping
you will have been whomping
he/she/it will have been whomping
we will have been whomping
you will have been whomping
they will have been whomping
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been whomping
you had been whomping
he/she/it had been whomping
we had been whomping
you had been whomping
they had been whomping
Conditional
I would whomp
you would whomp
he/she/it would whomp
we would whomp
you would whomp
they would whomp
Past Conditional
I would have whomped
you would have whomped
he/she/it would have whomped
we would have whomped
you would have whomped
they would have whomped
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.whomp - hit with the hand
cuff
slap - hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand; "The impatient teacher slapped the student"; "a gunshot slapped him on the forehead"
2.whomp - beat overwhelmingly
beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell - come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
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Translations

whomp

(US inf)
vt (= hit) → einschlagen auf (+acc); (= defeat) → schlagen
n → Schlag m
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