Category:Thump

Thump, n. Etym: [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. The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth. With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, they dropped down, one by one. Coleridge.

2. 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. Tatler.

Thump Thump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]

Defn: 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. Shak.

Thump Thump, v. i.

Defn: to give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; To pound. A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.