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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud] v
1: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" [syn: thud, thump]
2: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"
3: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: crump, thud, scrunch]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1787 1. blow V 2. a dull sound ; thump II. intransitive verb (thudded; thudding) Date: 1796 to move or strike so as to make a thud

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a low dull sound as of a blow on a non-resonant surface. --v.intr. (thudded, thudding) make or fall with a thud. Derivatives: thuddingly adv. Etymology: prob. f. OE thyddan thrust

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thud Thud, v. i. & t. To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud. Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads. --A. C. Doyle. The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet. --H. F. Brown.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thud Thud (th[u^]d), n. [Cf. AS. [thorn][=o]den a whirlwind, violent wind, or E. thump.] A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth. At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. --Jeffrey. At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer. --C. Mackay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(thuds, thudding, thudded) 1. A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft. She tripped and fell with a sickening thud... = thump N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n; SOUND 2. If something thuds somewhere, it makes a dull sound, usually when it falls onto or hits something else. She ran up the stairs, her bare feet thudding on the wood... There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door. VERB: V prep/adv, V-ing • thudding ...the thudding of the bombs beyond the hotel. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n 3. When your heart thuds, it beats strongly and rather quickly, for example because you are very frightened or very happy. My heart had started to thud, and my mouth was dry... = pound VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Shock, impetus. 2. Stroke, blow, thump, knock.

Moby Thesaurus

beat, bump, chink, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, crump, dull thud, flick, flump, hit, pad, pat, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, pound, rap, smite, strike, tap, thump, tick, tinkle, tunk, wham, whomp