Thesaurus results for THUMP

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noun

as in thud

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument In frustration, she gave the jammed copier a thump with her fist.

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verb

ˈthəmp

as in to slap

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech

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as in to lick

to strike repeatedly playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat

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Noun

The Ambeo Mini comes with six drivers, including two four-inch woofers that push bass down to 43Hz, creating theater-quality thump without needing a separate subwoofer. —

Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026 There was a sudden, loud thump, and Bernie Watermolen brought us awake with a yell that was enough to raise the dead. —

Doris Decleene, Outdoor Life, 25 Feb. 2026

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The cheering and thumping rolled like thunder when Arizona’s first 3-pointer, a shot by Brayden Burries, went in. —

Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2026 In stark contrast to thumping beach towns near Cancún and the transporting desert landscape of Los Cabos, Mandarina has no single orienting principle. —

Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for thump

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Another day, as Mom loads the children into the car, Jeremy tosses a basketball against the house, again and again, his passive aggression registering through the ball’s unyielding thuds and his own frozen gaze.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
The call, which the filing says was made within two minutes of the thuds, was to an employee of the company that owned the development where Okland was hosting the open house.

— Karen Cortes, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026