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noun

Thump n.

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." "With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one."

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."

verb

Thump v. t. (past & past part. thumped; pres. part. thumping) 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."

Thump v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. "A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole."

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Etymology of 'Thump'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Thump" Quotes from Famous Books

... streaks of white and black paint on them. I fell to dreaming of what it would have meant to be captured by such demons only a few years ago, and it wasn't long until I lost interest in that scene. I was ready to retreat. We watched the medicine men thump and bang the invalids with bunches of herbs and prayer sticks a few minutes longer; then with Smolley as our guide we wandered over to the Squaw Dance beside another bonfire, located at a decorous distance from ...

— I Married a Ranger • Dama Margaret Smith

... they exchange their sentiments about kidneys and music in general, and the kidneys and music now offered to them in particular. In a few minutes, a gentleman with a strange obliquity in his vision, seated in the middle of the coffee-room, takes off his hat, and after a thump on the table from the landlord's hammer, commences a song so intensely comic, that when it is over, the orders for supper and drink are almost unanimous. The house is now full, the theatres have discharged their hungry ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXIX. - March, 1843, Vol. LIII. • Various

... and set seven places. She recalled, with a great thump of her heart, what Jack had said about scalping, but as yet there had ...

— Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891 • Various

... Mrs. Vinegar lived in a vinegar bottle. Now, one day, when Mr. Vinegar was from home, Mrs. Vinegar, who was a very good housewife, was busily sweeping her house, when an unlucky thump of the broom brought the whole house clitter-clatter, clitter-clatter, about her ears. In an agony of grief she rushed forth to meet ...

— English Fairy Tales • Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)

... second mate did not. He had seen enough of Captain Kettle's method already to quite appreciate its efficacy. The Krooboys, with the custom of servitude strong on them, soon fell-to when once they were started. The thump of holy-stones went up into the baking air, and grimy water began ...

— A Master of Fortune • Cutcliffe Hyne

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