whump.

1. To make a loud, heavy noise resembling the sound of a substantial impact.

2. A heavy blow or the dull impact-like noise produced by hitting, beating, or exploding.

3. To hit someone or something hard, or cause someone physical or emotional hurt.

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Words that belong together

• whump against a surface
• helicopters whump overhead
• boots whump on boards

On the page

The rotor whumped above the trees before the helicopter came into view.

The loose panel whumped against its frame in the wind.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / image-rich description. Lexical Type: Word. Forms: whump; whumps; whumped; whumped; whumping. Noun singular whump; plural whumps. Commonness: moderately common (editorial estimate; not a corpus frequency statistic). Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1; numbered fields keep each relevant meaning separate. Research distinction: Direct MW extraction: intransitive bang/thump; noun listed, forms whumped/whumping/whumps. Cambridge independently specifies loud heavy-impact-like sound, heavy blow/noise noun, hit/hurt verb and defeat-easily verb. Three main sensory/harm uses retained; defeat scope flagged. Individually checked for a distinct image, texture, sound, taste, smell, visual-perception or artistic function. Definitions/examples are original; sensory strength is not assumed to imply emotion. Writing functions: heavy impact-like sound, hard blows and character harm. Third-person singular: whumps.