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Snappy Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Sound of a bouncing basket ball

This is a question about English onomatopoeia.
How do you express the sound of a bouncing basket ball, "Whump-whump-whump"?
What about the sound of a deflated basket ball then?
  

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I would use "thump" and "whump."
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AlpheccaStarsI would use "thump" and "whump."
Thank you. You mean "whump" for a bouncing inflated basketball and "thump" for a deflated ball?
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It's the sound. Which one would you think matches best?
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