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

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Rhymes with THUD

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