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dishoom en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ढिशूम (ḍhiśūm).

Meanings

  1. (India) onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.
    • 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. 1995, K. Naresh Kumar, Indian Cinema: Ebbs and Tides:
    • 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[…] 1988, Surya India:
    • I'm really glad that I've moved beyond the dishoom-dishoom. 2000, India Today: