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whump.

A soft thumping sound.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʍʌmp//wʌmp/
  1. A soft thumping sound.

    countable · informal
  2. A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering.

    slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Imitative.

verb/ʍʌmp//wʌmp/
  1. To strike something with a whump.

    informal · transitive
  2. To make a soft thumping sound.

Where this word comes from

Imitative.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.