OOMPH

dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing

(noun) the activeness of an energetic personality

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Emerged in the 1930s' as a play on the word triumph: "try umph to triumph". The spelling evolved to the phonetic "oomph" over the 20th century.

Noun

oomph (countable and uncountable, plural oomphs)

(informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.

(informal, uncountable) Sex appeal.

(countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.

Synonyms

• (force or power): welly

Verb

oomph (third-person singular simple present oomphs, present participle oomphing, simple past and past participle oomphed)

(intransitive) To produce a bassy grunting or thudding sound.

Source: Wiktionary