dishoom
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindi ढिशूम (ḍhiśūm)
Noun[edit]
dishoom
- (India) onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.
- 1988, Surya India:
- 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 […]
- 1995, K. Naresh Kumar, Indian Cinema: Ebbs and Tides:
- 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.
- 2000, India Today:
- I'm really glad that I've moved beyond the dishoom-dishoom.