thud

¹thud

noun \ˈthəd\

Definition of THUD

1

: ⁵blow

2

: a dull sound : thump

Examples of THUD

1. The book hit the floor with a thud.
2. The ball landed with a thud.
3. I heard a heavy thud on the roof.

Origin of THUD

imitative

First Known Use: 1787

Related to THUD

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, ¹blow, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words

counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

Rhymes with THUD

blood, bud, crud, cud, dud, flood, fud, mud, rudd, scud, spud, stud, sudd

²thud

intransitive verb

thud·dedthud·ding

Definition of THUD

: to move or strike so as to make a thud

Examples of THUD

1. The ball thudded against the side of the house.
2. <the snowball thudded against the side of my car>

First Known Use of THUD

1796

Related to THUD

Synonyms

bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, hit

Related Words

bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip; contact, land, touch; brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep; bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push

Near Antonyms

miss, skirt