'Thump' definitions:
Definition of 'thump'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
A heavy blow with the hand
verb
verb
Make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" [syn: thud, thump]
verb
Definition of 'Thump'
From: GCIDE
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bang,
- bash,
- baste,
- bastinado,
- bat,
- batter,
- beat,
- beat a ruffle,
- beat a tattoo,
- beat the drum,
- beat time,
- beating,
- belabor,
- belt,
- biff,
- birch,
- blow,
- bonk,
- buffet,
- bump,
- cane,
- chink,
- chop,
- clap,
- click,
- clink,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clop,
- clout,
- club,
- clump,
- clunk,
- coldcock,
- count,
- count the beats,
- cowhide,
- crack,
- crump,
- cudgel,
- cut,
- dash,
- deal,
- deal a blow,
- deck,
- dig,
- dint,
- drub,
- drubbing,
- drum,
- drumming,
- dull thud,
- fetch,
- fetch a blow,
- flagellate,
- flail,
- flap,
- flick,
- flog,
- flump,
- flutter,
- fusillade,
- fustigate,
- give a whipping,
- give the stick,
- go pitapat,
- hammer,
- hit,
- hit a clip,
- horsewhip,
- jab,
- keep time,
- knock,
- knock cold,
- knock down,
- knock out,
- knout,
- lace,
- lambaste,
- larrup,
- lash,
- lay on,
- let have it,
- lick,
- maul,
- pad,
- palpitate,
- paste,
- pat,
- patter,
- pelt,
- pistol-whip,
- pitapat,
- pitter-patter,
- play drum,
- plump,
- plunk,
- poke,
- pommel,
- pop,
- pound,
- pulsate,
- pulverize,
- pummel,
- punch,
- rap,
- rawhide,
- roll,
- ruffle,
- scourge,
- slam,
- sledgehammer,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- smite,
- snap,
- soak,
- sock,
- sound a tattoo,
- spank,
- splatter,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- strap,
- strike,
- strike at,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swing,
- swinge,
- swipe,
- switch,
- tap,
- tattoo,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- throb,
- thrum,
- thud,
- thwack,
- tick,
- tinkle,
- tom-tom,
- trounce,
- truncheon,
- tunk,
- wallop,
- whack,
- whale,
- wham,
- whip,
- whop,
- yerk