dishoom meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

dishoom

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Hindi ढिशूम (ḍhiśūm).

India onomatopoeic representation of the sound of a punch or blow.

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:
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:

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