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thump |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thump \Thump\, v. i. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thump n 1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: {thumping}, {clump}, {clunk}, {thud}] 2: a heavy blow with the hand v 1: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: {beat}, {pound}] 2: make a dull sound [syn: {thud}] 3: hit hard [syn: {pound}, {poke}]
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