whomp

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UK/ʍɒmp/UK/wɒmp/US/ʍɑmp/US/wɑmp/

verb

To hit extremely hard.

“If you don’t cut that out, I’m going to whomp you so hard your head will spin!”

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cuff
UncommonFirst used mid-20th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verbwhomp (third-person singular simple present whomps, present participle whomping, simple past and past participle whomped)

present singular third person whomps · participle present whomping · participle past whomped · past whomped

  1. slangtransitiveTo hit extremely hard.First known use mid-20th c.

    If you don’t cut that out, I’m going to whomp you so hard your head will spin!

    1 more example

    Other sources are less committal, saying only that Celts were (a) the ancient warrior people who whomped the Picts, etc., […]

    1998 March 17, “[The Editorial Page] All Celts now”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.: Southam Inc., page A14, column 2

Synonyms & antonyms

verbhit with the hand

Similar
cuff
Broader
slap
Also see
cuff

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Perhaps a variant of whip, similar to whup.

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Translations

Polish bachnąć
  • bachnąćTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with whomp

compswampstompromppompchompglompklompclompyomp
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Cite this entry
APA

whomp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whomp

MLA

“whomp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whomp. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whomp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whomp.

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