thumped; thumping; thumps
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
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—
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thumper
noun
: a blow or knock with or as if with something blunt or heavy
also
: the sound made by such a blow
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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Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Then in the offseason, the Lions lost both their offensive and defensive coordinators to head coaching jobs, leading some to question whether the team’s window was closing — questions that grew louder after a Week 1 thumping to the Green Bay Packers to start the year.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Matthew Bodner, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox are in a good spot for their future, but their lineup clearly needs more thump.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Verb
His band delivered distorted guitar, thumping bass and gritty percussion.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
Then in the offseason, the Lions lost both their offensive and defensive coordinators to head coaching jobs, leading some to question whether the team’s window was closing — questions that grew louder after a Week 1 thumping to the Green Bay Packers to start the year.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
The dramatic thump of the ship’s four electromagnetic catapults which shoot them into the sky is constant and can be heard throughout the ship.
—Matthew Bodner, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox are in a good spot for their future, but their lineup clearly needs more thump.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Thump.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thump. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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