'Thump' definitions:

Definition of 'thump'

(from WordNet)
noun
A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud]
noun
A heavy blow with the hand
verb
Move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat, pound, thump]
verb
Make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" [syn: thud, thump]
verb
Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, pound, poke]

Definition of 'Thump'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thump'

From: GCIDE
  • Thump \Thump\, v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. [1913 Webster]
  • A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Thump'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The distant forge's swinging thump profound. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall. [1913 Webster]
  • The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'thump'

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