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Thump

Thump (thump)
n.(?)
Thump
[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 (thump)
v. t.
Thump
  1. 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 (thump)
v. i.
Thump
  1. 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.













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