(music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.
verb
(geology) To bend or arc upwards.
upwax
upway
whaup
whaup
noun
(Scotland) The curlew, Numenius arquata.
whump
whump
noun
(fandom slang) A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering.
(informal) A thumping sound.
verb
(informal, transitive) To strike something with a whump.