thump
(noun) a heavy blow with the hand
thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
(noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
thump, pound, poke
(verb) hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; “the salesman pounded the door knocker”; “a bible-thumping Southern Baptist”
beat, pound, thump
(verb) move rhythmically; “Her heart was beating fast”
thud, thump
(verb) make a dull sound; “the knocker thudded against the front door”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Probably imitative.
thump (plural thumps)
A blow that produces a muffled sound.
The sound of such a blow; a thud.
(dated, colloquial, euphemism) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
thump (third-person singular simple present thumps, present participle thumping, simple past and past participle thumped)
(transitive) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
(transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.
(intransitive) To thud or pound.
(intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
Source: Wiktionary
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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]
Definition: 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, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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