thump

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: thumpingclumpclunkthudbeatpoundpoke

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)Synonyms: thumpingclumpclunkthud
  2. a heavy blow with the hand

Verb (3)

  1. move rhythmically“Her heart was beating fast”Synonyms: beatpound
  2. make a dull sound“the knocker thudded against the front door”Synonyms: thud
  3. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument“the salesman pounded the door knocker”“a bible-thumping Southern Baptist”Synonyms: poundpoke
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]
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]

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]

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