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thumped; thumping; thumps
Definition of thump
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound
4
: to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner
—usually used with out thumped out a tune on the piano
1a
: 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 — The New York Herald Tribune
thump
nounDefinition of thump (Entry 2 of 2)
: a blow or knock with or as if with something blunt or heavy
also
: the sound made by such a blow
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Synonyms for thump
Synonyms: Verb
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- belt,
- biff,
- bludgeon,
- bob,
- bonk,
- bop,
- box,
- bust,
- clap,
- clip,
- clobber,
- clock,
- clout,
- crack,
- hammer,
- hit,
- knock,
- nail,
- paste,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slog,
- slug,
- smack,
- smite,
- sock,
- strike,
- swat,
- swipe,
- tag,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- whack,
- whale,
- zap
Synonyms: Noun
- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- blow,
- 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,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
Examples of thump in a Sentence
Verb
The boat thumped against the side of the pier.
thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech
Noun
The ball landed with a thump.
gave her boyfriend a thump against the side of his head whenever he said something obnoxious
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Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
With Xbass engaged, the StormBox Pro delivered bass thump the bigger speaker couldn't match.
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Brad Moon, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
All the while, club music continued to thump from inside the building.
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Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2021
In addition to plexiglass screens, polling places across the region took measures to promote spacing and hygiene in the face of the ongoing pandemic, offering clean pens or swabs to thump the electronic voting screens.
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Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 30 Oct. 2020
The Norwegian will thump his chest and roar words of self-encouragement as he's introduced to the crowd on the start line -- psychological preparation for what lies ahead.
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George Ramsay, CNN, 24 Oct. 2020
Swift ran for 116 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries and the Lions got their best defensive effort of the season to thump the Jacksonville Jaguars, 34-16, at TIAA Bank Stadium.
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Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2020
Their scaly bodies thump against me with an energy that’s ineffable and uplifting.
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James Prosek, National Geographic, 14 Aug. 2020
Just about all of our residential stucco is the traditional, three-coat stucco that people like to thump their chest over.
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Reuben Saltzman, Star Tribune, 11 Aug. 2020
Sirens and the thumping rotors of maize and blue Eurocopter 155 Survival Flight helicopters signaled the arrival of as many as 25 patients a day until April 8, when the number of Covid inpatients hit a peak of 229.
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Elliott Woods, Wired, 19 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
At King’s Boxing Gym on 35th Avenue in Oakland, co-owner Celeste King sat in her office Friday, listening to the steady thump of gloves punching Everlast bags.
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Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2021
And most of it with a fist pump, chest thump or a leap into the air.
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Evan Grant, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2021
The thump of music pulsates again from the city’s nightclubs, and some of its raucous bars have reopened.
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New York Times, 2 June 2021
For instance, Thompson said understanding the importance of go-go music in the District helped officers better handle an outcry that arose in 2019 after a resident new to Shaw complained about the loud thump of the music on a street corner.
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Washington Post, 29 May 2021
The thump of fist to punching bag reverberates around the inside of Nugent’s garage.
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Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2021
On April 16, Redding heard a thump in the bathroom her brother used.
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oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2021
Solano responds in kind by amplifying the reggaeton track’s dembow riddim before gradually slowing things down to pivot to the hypnotic thump of Saweetie’s addictive hit.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 May 2021
The score, by his friend Gerald Fried, intersperses snippets of Johann Strauss’s bright but tense Künstlerleben waltz with frightful silences and the hiss and thump of snare and bass drums.
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Andrew Delbanco, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021
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thump
verb
English Language Learners Definition of thump
(Entry 1 of 2)
: to hit or beat something or someone and make a loud, deep sound
: to beat forcefully
: to walk or run with loud, heavy steps
thump
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of thump (Entry 2 of 2)
: a loud, deep sound made especially when a heavy object hits something
: an act of hitting someone or something
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thump
verb
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thumped; thumping
Kids Definition of thump
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to strike or beat with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound
2
: to beat hard : pound
thump
nounKids Definition of thump (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: a blow with something blunt or heavy
2
: the sound made by or as if by a blow with something blunt or heavy
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