whoomph

English

Noun

whoomph (plural whoomphs)

1. Alternative form of whoomp
   • 1983, The Fisherman Who Laughed, page 67:

     I waded in near the rocks and lit the fuse - and whoomph!

   • 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 42:

     WHOOMPH! The pressure in the carriage changes rapidly. Chances are, you only know a tunnel is upon you once you're actually inside it - they're experienced from within and rarely observed from the outside.

Verb

whoomph (third-person singular simple present whoomphs, present participle whoomphing, simple past and past participle whoomphed)

1. Alternative form of whoomp

References

• “whoomph”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.