Dishoom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow. India

    "At one point came the statutory "dishoom" routine with villain Shatru . What could have quite easily been yet another boring and predictable slambang-pow was suddenly transformed into[…]"

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bam

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"At one point came the statutory "dishoom" routine with villain Shatru . What could have quite easily been yet another boring and predictable slambang-pow was suddenly transformed into[…]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ढिशूम (ḍhiśūm).

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