thump
thump
Definition
thump (t̸hump)
noun
- a blow with something heavy and blunt, as with a cudgel
- the dull sound made by such a blow
Etymology: echoic
transitive verb
- to strike with a thump or thumps
- to thrash; beat severely
- to defeat decisively
intransitive verb
- to hit or fall with a thump
- to make a dull, heavy sound; pound; throb
thump′er noun
thump
Synonyms
thump
n.
thump
Synonyms
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
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