Whump

//ʍʌmp// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

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
"By embracing dark genres of slash such as ‘squick’ and ‘whump’, the art of mythagowood purposely skirts parameters of taste and acceptability."

Verb

1
To strike something with a whump. informal, transitive
2
To make a soft thumping sound.
"[…] the sound of sheets drying on a line a windy day: whumping, whushing."

Example

"By embracing dark genres of slash such as ‘squick’ and ‘whump’, the art of mythagowood purposely skirts parameters of taste and acceptability."

Etymology

Imitative.

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