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womp womp

womp womp interjection: used, sometimes mockingly, to indicate failure or disappointment.

Interjection

womp womp

  1. (Canada, US, humorous, onomatopoeic) Used, sometimes mockingly, to indicate failure or disappointment.
    • However, this fad quickly faded when people realized this technology (sad trombone: womp, womp) . . . well, it didn't work.2017, Joe Clement, Matt Miles, Screen Schooled: Two Veteran Teachers Expose How Technology Overuse Is Making Our Kids Dumber, page 227
    • But in happy news, she said that even though “I have balance in all aspects of my life except for love,” (womp womp) I haven’t met my twin flame.2019 November, Vonetta Logan, “Future Shtick”, in Luckbox, page 11

Synonyms of womp womp

Origin of womp womp

Imitative of a plaintive descending four-note trumpet or trombone sound, like G–F♯–F–E, articulated with a plunger mute, played during game shows to indicate a player losing.

Questions about womp womp

What does womp womp mean?
Womp womp means used, sometimes mockingly, to indicate failure or disappointment.
What part of speech is womp womp?
Womp womp is an interjection.

Words near womp womp in the dictionary

  1. womonhood
  2. womonkind
  3. womonly
  4. womonness
  5. womp
  6. womp womp
  7. wompam
  8. womped
  9. womping
  10. wompoo
  11. wompoos

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