Instantly there was a dull "whump," more felt in one's tissues than heard aloud. From Wordnik.com. [The Runaway Asteroid] Reference
I grabbed onto the column, as usual and then whump!. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetnicks- Food & Life - It's All at Sweetnicks] Reference
There was a whump as something smashed into her table. From Wordnik.com. [An Ill Fate Marshalling]
Then a new noise intruded: a deep, sonorous whump-whump. From Wordnik.com. [Ice Hunt]
The brakes screeched, then let out a loud, gaseous whump. From Wordnik.com. [Black Friday]
She dropped like a sack of grain pushed out of the loft-whump. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of Creation]
He heard the whump of a great weight hitting ground behind him. From Wordnik.com. [An Ill Fate Marshalling]
Then, out of the darkness, came the whump-whump of a helicopter. From Wordnik.com. [Bryan Burrough: This Reporter Gets to Play One Onscreen: Bryan Burrough] Reference
So it is correct, as in "whump my shoe-in t'your flabby behind!". From Wordnik.com. [Johnson, Benn and Harman Shine on Question Time] Reference
He went sailing through the air and landed with a bone-jarring whump!. From Wordnik.com. [The Irda]
They each vanish with a whump, splattering blood on their classmates. From Wordnik.com. [Reduce your carbon footprint or get ready to explode] Reference
Then a loud whump seemed to bounce from the walls in the room below her. From Wordnik.com. [In the Presence of the Enemy]
Harvey heard the sharp whump! which he recognized from Vietnam: mortars. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
Or was that his own heart beating … thaw-whump, thaw-whump, thaw-whump …?. From Wordnik.com. [Heart's Desire, a short story] Reference
Sure enough, a few minutes later the ground rumbled beneath us with a deep whump!. From Wordnik.com. [Explosive critique sessions] Reference
With a loud whump! immense jaws slammed shut as the pit bull-bull snapped downward. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of Felix Gunderson] Reference
He heard a soft whump behind him, and a sudden orange glow came from beneath the Jeep. From Wordnik.com. [Mortal Remains]
Canvas fell taut with a whump; the old craft shouldered on starboard tack across the bay. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
He climbed onto the stage and tapped the microphone, sending a whump through the on-stage PA. From Wordnik.com. [Mortal Causes]
Yes that is a mushroom cloud or, dare I say, an “orgasmic whump” spreading out all over her. From Wordnik.com. [WAR AS SEXUAL DOMINATION » Sociological Images] Reference
They flew for a short distance and landed with a whump that knocked the breath from their bodies. From Wordnik.com. [The Elf Queen of Shannara]
Through Shibo's comm line he could hear the distant whurnp-whump-whump of magnetic detectors in the control vault. From Wordnik.com. [Tides Of Light]
He was almost to the cane when it rattled all about him and there was a heavy whump and then the echo of it from across the river. From Wordnik.com. [No Country For Old Men]
Edwards heard the command, then the steady whump-whump of the feet of marching men. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros] Reference
He could be a combo receiver-tight end to replace Tony Scheffler, and that size - whump. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
Maybe we don’t need a candidate as smart and cute as Lamont to whump this tool. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Lieberman Distorts His Record] Reference
The lady, she's our cap'tain'she orders us to whump you, warns us that you pretty good. ". From Wordnik.com. [Emperor of Ansalon]
The ugly whump! of metal hitting metal. From Wordnik.com. [Time Was]
A moment later, they heard a soft whump. From Wordnik.com. [State of fear]
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