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Vinony

whump

verb

  1. whump, make noise
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʍʌmp/ / /wʌmp/

noun

Etymology: Imitative.

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

    “By embracing dark genres of slash such as ‘squick’ and ‘whump’, the art of mythagowood purposely skirts parameters of taste and acceptability.”

    “Narrative devices shared by Hannibal and fanfiction include “whump,” the vivid abuse and torture of a character, a popular convention across certain types of fanfiction: Graham is knocked out, shot, stabbed, gutted, sawed open, and subjected to induced seizures.”

verb

Etymology: Imitative.

  1. To strike something with a whump.
  2. To make a soft thumping sound.

    “[…] the sound of sheets drying on a line a windy day: whumping, whushing.”