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Entry 4 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Thump

/thŭmp/ · IPA /θʌmp/
01 n. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
  1. 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. 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.
02 v. t. To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping
  1. 1.
    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.
03 v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
  1. 1.
    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.