thump

¹thump

verb \ˈthəmp\

Definition of THUMP

transitive verb

1

: to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound

2

: pound, knock

3

: whip, thrash

4

: to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner —usually used with out <thumped out a tune on the piano>

intransitive verb

1

a : to inflict a thump

b : to make or move with a thumping sound

2

: to make a vigorous endorsement <got a couple of…senators to thump for him — New York Herald Tribune>

— thump·er noun

Examples of THUMP

1. The boat thumped against the side of the pier.
2. <thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech>

Origin of THUMP

imitative

First Known Use: 1548

Related to THUMP

Synonyms

bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, hit, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap

Related Words

batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skull

Rhymes with THUMP

bump, chump, clomp, clump, comp, crump, dump, flump, frump, grump, hump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, schlump, slump, stump, sump, trump, tump, ump, whump

²thump

noun

Definition of THUMP

: a blow or knock with or as if with something blunt or heavy; also : the sound made by such a blow

Examples of THUMP

1. The ball landed with a thump.
2. <gave her boyfriend a thump against the side of his head whenever he said something obnoxious>

First Known Use of THUMP

1552

Related to THUMP

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, thud, ¹blow, 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