whomp

[hwomp, womp] /ʰwɒmp, wɒmp/
noun
1.
a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like:
He fell with an awful whomp.
verb (used with object)
2.
to defeat (a person, opposing team, etc.) decisively:
We whomped the visiting team.
3.
to slap or strike:
to whomp the kids.
verb (used without object)
4.
to make a banging or slapping noise:
Guns whomped in the distance.
Verb phrases
5.
whomp up, Informal.
  1. to make or create quickly:
    to whomp up a new set of guidelines.
  2. to stir up; rouse:
    to whomp up public approval.
Origin
1925-30; imitative
Word Origin and History for whomp up

whomp

n.

1926, echoic of the sound of a heavy blow or something falling heavily.

v.

1952, from whomp (n.). Related: Whomped; whomping.

Slang definitions & phrases for whomp up

whomp up

verb phrase

To make; devise or build: I whomped me up one heck of a nightmare (1950+)


whomp

verb
  1. To defeat utterly; clobber: The Tigers got badly whomped (1952+)
  2. To hit; bash: sturdily whumped at the New Deal's ''insane deficit policy'' (1973+)

[echoic fr the sound of a blow, perhaps influenced by dialect whup and whop, ''whip'']