Thesaurus: thump

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1. n. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
2. n. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
3. v. t. To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
4. v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
5. n. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
6. n. a heavy blow with the hand
7. v. move rhythmically
8. v. make a dull sound
9. v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
10. 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. Wordsworth. With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one. 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. Tatler. 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. Shak. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.
11. To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as tocause a dull sound.These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own landbeaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak.
12. n:37/v:63 n. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) n. a heavy blow with the hand v. hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument