whomp

English

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of whip, similar to whup.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʍɒmp/, /wɒmp/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ʍɑmp/, /wɑmp/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒmp

Verb

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

1. (slang, transitive) To hit extremely hard. [from mid-20th c.]

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

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

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

Derived terms

• whompage
• whomp on
• whomp up

Translations

Translations

• Polish: bachnąć pf (colloquial)

See also

• (hit extremely hard): whip, whup