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To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.

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  1. v. t. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
  2. v. t. To fill to overflow.
  3. n. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
  4. n. a hard blow with a flat object
  5. v. deliver a hard blow to
  6. 1. To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump. "A distant thwacking sound." W. Irving. 2. To fill to overflow. [Obs.] Stanyhurst. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump. With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old iron rang. Hudibras.
  7. A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.With many a stiff thwack, many a bang, Hard crab tree and old ironrang. Hudibras.
  8. n:43/v:57 n. a hard blow with a flat object