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thump Definition

thump (t̸hump)

noun

  1. a blow with something heavy and blunt, as with a cudgel
  2. the dull sound made by such a blow

Etymology: echoic

transitive verb

  1. to strike with a thump or thumps
    1. to thrash; beat severely
    2. to defeat decisively

intransitive verb

  1. to hit or fall with a thump
  2. to make a dull, heavy sound; pound; throb

thump Related Forms
thump′er noun
thump Synonyms

thump

n.

thud, knock, rap, wallop, blow, pounding, whack, slap, smack, crack, bop*, plop*; see also noise 1.

thump Synonyms

thump

v.

pound, knock, rap, wallop, slap, strike, whack; see also beat, hit 1.

thump Usage Examples

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.