noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A dull banging sound; a thud.

   "We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of thud form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

dullunreverberant

Example

More examples

"The silence was so pressing that Tom could hear the beating of his heart and the thudding of blood in his temples."

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