thump
Noun · VerbUS[thuhmp]/θʌmp/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Verb (3)thumps, thumped, thumping
- move rhythmically“Her heart was beating fast”Synonyms: beatpoundMore general moveMore specific pulsate, flap, thrash, palpitateSimilar beat
- make a dull sound“the knocker thudded against the front door”Synonyms: thudMore general sound, go
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument“the salesman pounded the door knocker”“a bible-thumping Southern Baptist”Synonyms: poundpokeMore general hit
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Thump noun
Origin: 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.
The distant forge's swinging thump profound.— William Wordsworth
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one.— Samuel T. Coleridge
2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.— The Tatler
Thump transitive verb [past tense & past participle Thumped; present participle & verbal noun Thumping.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.— William Shakespeare
Thump intransitive verb
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole.— Jonathan Swift
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54