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whhppp.
(also whhhppp, whhp.)  interj.  a loud, deep cry.

<In the lull between gusts, she could hear Aldoff’s bellow, as he stood at the base of the hillside.  Whhppp! Whhppp! Whhppp!  —L.E. Modesitt Jr., In Endless Twilight.>

whhsstt.
(also whhssttt, whhsttt, whsstt, whhhsttt, whsssttt.)  n.  the sound of a rocket flaring overhead.

<Whhssttt... whhsttt!  Two more rockets flared off the hillcrest.  —L. E. Modesitt Jr., The Order of War.>

whmmpf.
n.  the thud of a thrown pillow, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.


whmp.
n.  the thud of a blow to the head, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake.


whnngg.
n.  the sound of a falling body impacting a balcony railing, as in the graphic novel ShadowFall by Kaichi Satake; see also krnch.


whp.
n.  the sound of a talking vacuum cleaner’s electrical cord flying through the air as it ties up a murderer, in the comic book Vacuum Horror by Aaron K.



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