Thesaurus results for THUMPED

thumped

verb

past tense of thump

as in smacked

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 pounded

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

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Recent Examples of thumped As if to punctuate that, thunder thumped again. —

David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 At the other end, Joao Pedro thumped a shot off the base of the post after being put through by Fernandez. —

Beren Cross, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Jaylen Brown scored 20 points for the Celtics, who thumped the Sixers by 20-plus points for the second time in the series. —

CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 Aledo completes perfect district slate Aledo completed a perfect 12-0 District 5-5A schedule as the Bearcats thumped Azle 18-5 on Friday night at Azle High School. —

Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Apr. 2026 With Gujarat stranded at 204-8, Deshpande thumped his chest in jubilation. —

ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026 Mary was the one who tried too hard at piano practice and still thumped the piano, the one who was too earnest. —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026 Admittedly this isn’t 1985, but the Red Storm absolutely thumped UConn, a 2-seed, to win the title, and have won their last six. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026 The long-running music/movement/fantasy/comedy/mime/percussion performance spectacle took a hit last year when its standing companies in New York, Boston and Chicago all thumped their last drum full of blue paint. —

Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026

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Captain Rajat Patidar smacked 61 off 31 balls while Tim David (40), Krunal Pandya (28 not out) and Romario Shepherd (23 not out) also played cameos to bring Bengaluru close to the target.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 May 2026
Adams, who lived in Diggs' home while working for him, walked into the Dedham police station on December 16 alleging that two weeks earlier, Diggs had smacked her across the face and choked her.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 4 May 2026