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noun

Thump n.

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." "With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one."

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."

verb

Thump v. t. (past & past part. thumped; pres. part. 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."

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thump" Quotes from Famous Books

... flashed, and at the same moment I heard the loud thump. Then for a few seconds he stood looking about as though nothing had happened; but presently came a second flash and thump, and others followed at lessening intervals, until at last the serenade rolled a way like the galloping of horses or the rumbling ...

— Golden Days for Boys and Girls - Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 • Various

... wave comes with a thump against your ear, as if a great hammer were knocking on your barrel, to see that all within was safe and sound. Then you begin to think of krakens, and sharks, and porpoises, and sea serpents, and all the monstrous, slimy, cold, hobgoblin brood, who, perhaps, are your ...

— Sunny Memories Of Foreign Lands, Volume 1 (of 2) • Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe

... is too much for Mr. Myers's powers of belief: 'The very first effect of Miss Morris's ponderings was a heavy thump, followed by a deep sob and moan, and a cry of, "Oh, do forgive me," all disturbing poor Mrs. G. who had the ill luck to find herself in a bedroom about which Miss Morris was possibly thinking. . . . Surely the peace of us all rests on a very uncertain tenure.' Meanwhile Mr. Myers prefers to regard ...

— Cock Lane and Common-Sense • Andrew Lang

... guess, though I can't see how it come. This time we're in for a big battle, and we've got the best end of it, certain sure. Gee rod! how we will thump 'em!" ...

— The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane

... landed with a thump on the ground, and commenced to flop furiously, than Hen gave vent to a cry of delight, such as any hungry boy might utter when he found himself favored with a chance ...

— Afloat - or, Adventures on Watery Trails • Alan Douglas

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