Meaning of catapum by furoya

1º_ It is a word used as an onomatopoeia of "resounding fall", with more current variants such as cataplum or cataplún. Probably inspired by words such as 'catastrophe' or 'cataclysm' adding to "cata . . . " (which in Greek is associated with the fall) the onomatopoeia of a blow. Or it could also have a remote Greek etymology for 954; 945; 964; 945; 960; 955; 951; 964; 964; 969; (katapletto) which literally means "all beaten" and translates to "scared, intimidated"; but this would be a very far-fetched origin. 2º_ It also has another meaning such as "very old, from a long time ago", which is used only in proverbs or locutions compared to distant times, and seems to come from a song from the early twentieth century inspired by falls of dolls (in this case, they say that in "Frosso, the doll man") called El polichinela, but remembered through the years as "Catapum", and as very old. See pimpampum, catapún chin chin.