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dishoom

dishoom noun: onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.

Noun

  1. (India) onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.
    • At one point came the statutory "dishoom" routine with villain Shatru . What could have quite easily been yet another boring and predictable slambang-pow was suddenly transformed into[…]1988, Surya India
    • The fans thronging the theatres got the full value for the pains taken to reach there as the films were full of authentic dishoom-dishoom shots.1995, K. Naresh Kumar, Indian Cinema: Ebbs and Tides

Origin of dishoom

Borrowed from Hindi ढिशूम (ḍhiśūm).

Questions about dishoom

What does dishoom mean?
Dishoom means onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.
What part of speech is dishoom?
Dishoom is a noun.

Words near dishoom in the dictionary

  1. dishonourers
  2. dishonourest
  3. dishonoureth
  4. dishonouring
  5. dishonours
  6. dishoom
  7. dishorn
  8. dishorned
  9. dishorner
  10. dishorners
  11. dishorning

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