Definitions

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  • interjection The dull sound of something landing heavily, or of something being struck hard.

Etymologies

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Imitative; compare thwack and whomp.

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Examples

  • A thwomp like a sumo wrestler hitting the mat, and then the windows of the bridge were covered with a deluge of water.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • A thwomp like a sumo wrestler hitting the mat, and then the windows of the bridge were covered with a deluge of water.

    The Whale Warriors Peter Heller 2007

  • Don't stop running until you've reached the gears beyond, then jump carefully to the next ledge in order to dodge another thwomp.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • Don't stop running until you've reached the gears beyond, then jump carefully to the next ledge in order to dodge another thwomp.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • Lure the third one to proceed and bait the giant thwomp into crushing the blocks below him.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • And then, with a giant thwomp, a team of scientists dropped not just one gene, but

    Discover Blogs 2010

  • Dodge a big thwomp and keep right past some dry bones and gears, then get in the gaps of the big gear so that you don't get crushed against the ceiling.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • Lure the third one to proceed and bait the giant thwomp into crushing the blocks below him.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • Grab another Ice Flower from the right item box under the first thwomp, then take some coins from hidden item boxes under the second thwomp.

    IGN Complete 2010

  • And then, with a giant thwomp, a team of scientists dropped not just one gene, but

    Discover Blogs 2010

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