dishoom en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ढिशूम (ḍhiśūm).
Meanings
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(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: