Synonyms of thumps

thumps 1 of 2

noun

plural of thump

as in thuds

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument

In frustration, she gave the jammed copier a thump with her fist.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• thuds
• blows
• slaps
• punches
• swipes
• whacks
• knocks
• hits
• strokes
• smacks
• spanks
• pounds
• pokes
• licks
• bangs
• claps
• beats
• slams
• swats
• clips
• hooks
• thwacks
• whaps
• bops
• kicks
• switches
• lashes
• chops
• biffs
• socks
• raps
• whams
• hands
• belts
• pelts
• smashes
• bashes
• cuffs
• welts
• fillips
• bats
• haymakers
• stripes
• plumps
• wallops
• cracks
• whops
• knees
• clouts
• slugs
• douses
• hacks
• buffets
• stingers
• dabs
• lickings
• picks
• boxes
• swings
• busts
• beatings
• larrups
• shivers
• counterpunches
• counter-blows
• counters
• counter-strokes
• lefts
• counterstrokes
• whips
• counterblows
• uppercuts
• roundhouses
• sucker punches
• rabbit punches
• thrashings
• body blows
• batterings
• rights
• whippings
• knockdowns
• drubbings
• crunchers
• sidewinders
• KOs
• kayos
• right-handers
• bastinadoes
• pastings
• one-twos
• knockouts
• wallopings
• bastinades

thumps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of thump

1

as in slaps

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaps
• knocks
• smacks
• hits
• claps
• slams
• bangs
• punches
• whacks
• strikes
• clips
• pounds
• swipes
• cracks
• kicks
• thwacks
• bats
• swats
• bashes
• nails
• taps
• hammers
• shoves
• boxes
• bops
• pokes
• licks
• smites
• stabs
• jabs
• bludgeons
• zaps
• pushes
• bonks
• wallops
• clobbers
• raps
• flicks
• bobs
• socks
• clouts
• clocks
• belts
• bumps
• tags
• slugs
• biffs
• slogs
• chops
• strokes
• pastes
• whales
• busts
• beats
• pummels
• mauls
• hangs one on
• jostles
• mangles
• drubs
• lambasts
• knees
• slashes
• scuffs
• prods
• cuffs
• peppers
• roughs
• whips
• pelts
• lambastes
• batters
• lashes
• stamps
• dumps
• buffets
• butts
• bunts
• flails
• decks
• laces
• thrashes
• floors
• conks
• clubs
• bowls (down or over)
• switches
• levels
• pommels
• fells
• flogs
• bungs
• beans
• spears
• knocks down
• brains
• cudgels
• saps
• creams
• skulls
• sledges
• canes
• sucker punches
• sledgehammers
• rabbit-punches

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• pounds
• hides
• beats
• whips
• slaps
• knocks
• lashes
• hits
• smashes
• slams
• spanks
• punches
• pelts
• does
• attacks
• assaults
• batters
• whaps
• pummels
• mauls
• bats
• bashes
• whacks
• thrashes
• hammers
• smacks
• bludgeons
• paddles
• wallops
• chops
• clubs
• flogs
• boxes
• switches
• threshes
• lambasts
• drubs
• belts
• swipes
• works over
• raids
• slogs
• lathers
• slates
• punches out
• tromps
• lambastes
• bastes
• belabors
• storms
• swats
• thwacks
• buffets
• wounds
• tans
• whales
• curries
• laces
• whups
• fibs
• cracks
• whops
• roughs (up)
• rushes
• messes (up)
• beats up on
• pommels
• clobbers
• whams
• birches
• socks
• assails
• bungs up
• clouts
• descends (on or upon)
• jumps (on)
• straps
• lams
• lays on
• cudgels
• cuffs
• besets
• pastes
• whomps
• lacerates
• busts
• pounces (on or upon)
• flagellates
• canes
• scourges
• leathers
• maims
• mutilates
• gores
• mangles
• horsewhips
• pistol-whips
• fustigates
• blackjacks
• cowhides
• rawhides