Meaning

The sound or vibration from a dull, heavy, pounding blow or pulsation..

Definitions by Sense

1. The sound or vibration from a dull, heavy, pounding blow or pulsation.
2. To cause a thrump.

Example Sentences

Feel the thrump thrump thrump of the wheels beneath me.

There it was, the familiar sound thrump, thrump, thrump, as the honor guards took turns in casting shovelfuls of earth on the coffin, a sound Peter had grown to dread.

The thrump, thrump, thrump of the drums helped troops locate their units amid the noise and smoke surrounding them, and told soldiers how to position themselves.

Alex Martin watched the helicopter until it was no longer even a tiny speck in the early morning sky, until the pulsating thrump, thrump, thrump of its blades faded into the natural rhythms of the forest.

A car door closed, but it didn't have the loud squeaky thunk of a taxi door. It was a soft thrump, like a valve closing on a vacuum.

Our dandy, as we are informed, is also a great favourite among the ladies — goes to parties, balls, and concerts — knows semibreve from a demisemiquaver, and can thrump a piano considerably.

She heads out the back of the hospital barracks, and there, under the new sprinkle of snow, the cold soaking through her gumboots, Esme splits the wood with an axe. Thrumps it open at the heart.

As Clay thrumps back and forth behind the bar, Duncan changes his mind repeatedly, and if he pauses in deliberation when Clay returns, Clay does not wait but continues on behind the bar.

Word Forms

• thrumps
• thrumping
• thrumped

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When Should You Use Thrump?

Use thrump when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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