THUMPED

Verb

thumped

simple past tense and past participle of thump

Source: Wiktionary

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, 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