thumps
plural of thump
thumps
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thump
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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
21 May 2024
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”
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