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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THUMP, n. A heavy blow given with any thing that is thick, as with a club or the fist, or with a heavy hammer, or with the britch of a gun.
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
THUMP, v.t. To strike or beat with something thick or heavy.
THUMP, v.i. To strike or fall on with a heavy blow.
A watchman at night thumps with his pole.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) [syn: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud]
2: a heavy blow with the hand v
1: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat, pound, thump]
2: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" [syn: thud, thump]
3: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, pound, poke]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1548 transitive verb 1. to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound 2. pound, knock 3. whip, thrash 4. to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner — usually used with out <thumped out a tune on the piano> intransitive verb 1. a. to inflict a thump b. to make or move with a thumping sound 2. to make a vigorous endorsement <got a couple of…senators to thump for him — New York Herald Tribune> • thumper noun II. noun Date: 1552 a blow or knock with or as if with something blunt or heavy; also the sound made by such a blow

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. 1 tr. beat or strike heavily esp. with the fist (threatened to thump me). 2 intr. throb or pulsate strongly (my heart was thumping). 3 intr. (foll. by at, on, etc.) deliver blows, esp. to attract attention (thumped on the door). 4 tr. (often foll. by out) play (a tune on a piano etc.) with a heavy touch. 5 intr. tread heavily. --n. 1 a heavy blow. 2 the sound of this. Derivatives: thumper n. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thump Thump, n. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thump Thump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. 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. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Thump 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. --Swift.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(thumps, thumping, thumped) 1. If you thump something, you hit it hard, usually with your fist. He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over... I heard you thumping on the door. = bang VERB: V n, V on n • Thump is also a noun. He felt a thump on his shoulder. N-COUNT 2. If you thump someone, you attack them and hit them with your fist. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) Don't say it serves me right or I'll thump you. VERB: V n 3. If you thump something somewhere or if it thumps there, it makes a loud, dull sound by hitting something else. She thumped her hand on the witness box... Waiters went scurrying down the aisles, thumping down tureens of soup. ...paving stones and bricks which have been thumping down on police shields and helmets... VERB: V n prep, V n with adv, V prep/adv • Thump is also a noun. There was a loud thump as the horse crashed into the van. = thud N-COUNT 4. When your heart thumps, it beats strongly and quickly, usually because you are afraid or excited. My heart was thumping wildly but I didn't let my face show any emotion. = pound, thud VERB: V 5. see also thumping

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Blow, knock, stroke. II. v. a. Beat, knock, strike, belabor, thwack, punch, whack, batter.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A blow. This is better than a thump on the back with a stone; said on giving any one a drink of good liquor on a cold morning. Thatch, thistle, thunder, and thump; words to the Irish, like the Shibboleth of the Hebrews.

Moby Thesaurus

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