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thud |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thud \Thud\, v. i. & t. To make or strike so as to make a dull sound, or thud. Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads. --A. C. Doyle. The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet. --H. F. Brown. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thud \Thud\ (th[u^]d), n. [Cf. AS [thorn][=o]den a whirlwind, violent wind, or E. thump.] A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also the stroke or blow producing such sound; as the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth. At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. --Jeffrey. At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer. --C. Mackay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thud n : a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: {thump}, {thumping}, {clump}, {clunk}] v 1: make a dull sound [syn: {thump}] 2: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall" 3: make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: {crump}, {crunch}, {scrunch}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: thud n. 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'. 2. Rare term for the hash character, `#' (ASCII 0100011). See {ASCII} for other synonyms. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: thud 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is reported that at {CMU} from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat". 2. Rare term for the hash character, "#" (ASCII 35). See {ASCII} for other synonyms. [{Jargon File}]
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