From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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The distant forge's swinging thump profound.
--Wordsworth.
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With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one. --Coleridge.
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2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy
fall.
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The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that
I awaked at the knock. --Tatler.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.
--Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Thump \Thump\, v. i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy
blow; to pound.
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A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thump
n 1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
[syn: {thump}, {thumping}, {clump}, {clunk}, {thud}]
2: a heavy blow with the hand
v 1: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn:
{beat}, {pound}, {thump}]
2: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front
door" [syn: {thud}, {thump}]
3: 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}]
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