Thump
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /θʌmp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thump is a noun meaning A blow that produces a muffled sound.
Meaning
A blow that produces a muffled sound.
More Meanings
- The sound of such a blow; a thud.
- (mining) Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
- (transitive, chiefly UK) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
- (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.
- (intransitive) To thud or pound.
- (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
- (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
Example Sentences
Where the thump have you been?!
The cat thumped its tail in irritation.
Dance music thumped from the nightclub entrance.
The watchman gave so very great a thump at my door last night, that I awakened at the knock.
Word Forms
- thumps
- thumping
- thumped
Synonyms for thump
Depending on context, synonyms include bump, clump, thud, beat, pound, poke.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thud, beat, clunk, poke, clump, pound.
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