Object

• ball: He made no mistake from six yards out, thumping the ball into the roof of the net.

• header: The ball was whipped in toward the far post where Lyndon Tomkins met it with a firm thumping downward header.

• drum: Screaming vocals, thumping drums and some catchy riffs.

• shot: The striker then did a great job in shielding the ball from Hill and thumping a shot through Jackson's legs from 7 yards.

• table: In response they stood up to a man and nearly raised the roof thumping the tables and walls in support as they did so.

• ground: No wonder Alexander the Great is thumping the ground in despair!

Converse of object

• hear: They had all heard the thump of his falling body.

• feel: Suddenly I felt an exceptionally heavy thump in my heart, like an extra powerful beat.

Adjective modifier

• loud: But soon after it ends, a loud thump is heard overhead; the sound of a falling body.

• heavy: Suddenly I felt an exceptionally heavy thump in my heart, like an extra powerful beat.

• solid: The canvas bag dropped at his feet with a solid thump, its contents making the sun-dried ground sound hollow.

• good: Then look over the sides of the hull very carefully and give a good thump on the side every now and then.

• steady: A new decade emerged which would be marked by excess, leisure suits and the steady thump of disco.

Modifying Another Word

• away: The controls, the seating position, even the motor thumping away at low revs, said ' You're riding a Harley ' .

• then: He starts with breach of contract, then thumps you hard on causation.

• just: Dennis Wise has just moved to Coventry City and they have just thumped Derby County 6-1.

• home: Again Luis Valencia has been the provider, crossing for Carlos Tenorio to thump home a header from close range.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• out: I wonder what my pulse is now, cause my heart was thumping out of my chest through most of it.

Noun used with modifier

• fx: Page 4 1 [ The women knock into Inuyasha with no expression. ] fx women thump thump Inuyasha Damn!

• heart: If this doesn't make your heart thump, you're officially dead.