Sekirov Dictionary

whumpf

exclamation 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

exclamation1

A dull, soft sound as of something hollow collapsing.

noun1

The collapsing of a weak part of the snowpack, accompanied by a whumpf noise and potentially leading to an avalanche.

verb1

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Of snow: to collapse in this manner.
- Even by the end of the month observers in the Northern and Central Mountains were still reporting collapsing and "whumpfing" snow; conditions that typically disappear in February. — 1999

forms

whumpfed · whumpfing · whumpfs

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