woomph, int. (n., adv.) slang.
(wuːmf, wʊmf)
Also woomf.
[Imitative.]
(Expressing) a sound similar to a ‘whoof’ (whoof int. (n.) 2) but with a deeper or more resonant component. Cf. the synonymous whoompf int. (n.).
| 1955 Earl Winterton Fifty Tumultuous Years 82 Two old gentlemen were dozing in their chairs when the ‘Woomph’, ‘Boomph’ of a bomb simultaneously woke them up. 1979 R. Fiennes Hell on Ice ix. 144 There was a sudden woomf as the fumes and the liquid ignited. 1982 S. Brett Murder Unprompted xiv. 133 He threw a cushion, which went woomph into the side of Charles's head. |