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Thump
//θʌmp// noun, verb, slang
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Noun
- 1 A blow that produces a muffled sound.
"... and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content."
- 2 a heavy blow with the hand wordnet
- 3 The sound of such a blow; a thud.
"An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces."
- 4 a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) wordnet
- 5 Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. colloquial, dated, euphemistic
"Where the thump have you been?!"
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- 6 Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
Verb
- 1 To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. UK, transitive
"These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd."
- 2 hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument wordnet
- 3 To cause to make a thumping sound. transitive
"The cat thumped its tail in irritation."
- 4 move rhythmically wordnet
- 5 To thud or pound. intransitive
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- 6 make a dull sound wordnet
- 7 To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound. intransitive
"Dance music thumped from the nightclub entrance."
- 8 (of a rabbit) to hit the ground with the back legs to signal agitation. intransitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
Mid 16th century, probably imitative.
Etymology 2
Mid 16th century, probably imitative.
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