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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. a blow that produces a muffled sound
  2. the sound of such a blow; a thud


Translations

Verb

  1. to hit someone so as to make such a sound
  2. to thud or pound
  3. to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound


Translations

io:thump pl:thump ta:thump te:thump vi:thump

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thump \Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thumping.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to
cause a dull sound.
[1913 Webster]

These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thump \Thump\, v. i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy
blow; to pound.
[1913 Webster]

A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thump \Thump\, n. [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps
influenced by dump, v. t.]
1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body,
as of a hammer, or the like.
[1913 Webster]

The distant forge's swinging thump profound.
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]

With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]

2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy
fall.
[1913 Webster]

The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that
I awaked at the knock. --Tatler.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet thump
n 1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
[syn: thumping, clump, clunk, thud]
2: a heavy blow with the hand
v 1: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat,
pound]
2: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front
door" [syn: thud]
3: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
Southern Baptist" [syn: pound, poke]
Moby Dictionary
bang , bash , baste , bastinado , bat , batter , beat , beat a ruffle ,
beat a tattoo , beat the drum , beat time , beating , belabor , belt ,
biff , birch , blow , bonk , buffet , bump , cane , chink , chop , clap ,
click , clink , clip , clobber , clop , clout , club , clump , clunk ,
coldcock , count , count the beats , cowhide , crack , crump , cudgel ,
cut , dash , deal , deal a blow , deck , dig , dint , drub , drubbing ,
drum , drumming , dull thud , fetch , fetch a blow , flagellate , flail ,
flap , flick , flog , flump , flutter , fusillade , fustigate ,
give a whipping , give the stick , go pitapat , hammer , hit ,
hit a clip , horsewhip , jab , keep time , knock , knock cold ,
knock down , knock out , knout , lace , lambaste , larrup , lash , lay on ,
let have it , lick , maul , pad , palpitate , paste , pat , patter , pelt ,
pistol-whip , pitapat , pitter-patter , play drum , plump , plunk , poke ,
pommel , pop , pound , pulsate , pulverize , pummel , punch , rap ,
rawhide , roll , ruffle , scourge , slam , sledgehammer , slog , slug ,
smack , smash , smite , snap , soak , sock , sound a tattoo , spank ,
splatter , splutter , sputter , strap , strike , strike at , stripe ,
stroke , swat , swing , swinge , swipe , switch , tap , tattoo , thrash ,
thresh , throb , thrum , thud , thwack , tick , tinkle , tom-tom , trounce ,
truncheon , tunk , wallop , whack , whale , wham , whip , whop , yerk


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