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fwoom

UK/fwuːm/

fwoom interjection: the sound of a rocket (or similar) taking off.

Interjection

  1. The sound of a rocket (or similar) taking off.
    • Squirrel Girl: Well let's go to the friggin' moon.
      FWOOM2015, Ryan North, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, number 2, page 21
    • Fwoom! Oliver fired himself down the hall like a human rocket.2015, Mark H. Kruger, Overtaken, page 358

Origin of fwoom

Imitative.

Words that rhyme with fwoom

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Questions about fwoom

What does fwoom mean?
Fwoom means the sound of a rocket (or similar) taking off.
What part of speech is fwoom?
Fwoom is an interjection.
How do you pronounce fwoom?
Fwoom is pronounced /fwuːm/ (UK).

Words near fwoom in the dictionary

  1. fwiends
  2. fwip
  3. fwiw
  4. FWK
  5. fwm
  6. fwoom
  7. fwoomph
  8. fwoosh
  9. fwop
  10. FWP
  11. FWPs

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