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English word origin

Etymology of whump

Imitative.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A soft thumping sound. · A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering.

verb

To strike something with a whump. · To make a soft thumping sound.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Imitative.

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Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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