From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Thud \Thud\ (th[u^]d), v. i. & t.
To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.
Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads. --A. C.
Doyle.
The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud
below your feet. --H. F. Brown.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Thud \Thud\ (th[u^]d), n. [Cf. AS. [thorn][=o]den a whirlwind,
violent wind, or E. thump.]
A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by
striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft
substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as,
the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth.
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At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. --Jeffrey.
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At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the
side of the steamer. --C. Mackay.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thud
n 1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
[syn: {thump}, {thumping}, {clump}, {clunk}, {thud}]
v 1: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front
door" [syn: {thud}, {thump}]
2: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the
wall"
3: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn:
{crump}, {thud}, {scrunch}]
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
thud
n.
1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is reported that at
CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was ?foo?, ?bar?,
?thud?, ?blat?.
2. Rare term for the hash character, ?#? (ASCII 0100011). See {ASCII} for
other synonyms.
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