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

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
• pounds
• clips
• 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
• slugs
• tags
• biffs
• slogs
• chops
• strokes
• pastes
• whales
• busts
• beats
• pummels
• mauls
• hangs one on
• jostles
• mangles
• drubs
• knees
• slashes
• scuffs
• prods
• cuffs
• peppers
• roughs
• pelts
• whips
• lambastes
• batters
• lashes
• stamps
• dumps
• buffets
• butts
• bunts
• flails
• decks
• laces
• thrashes
• floors
• conks
• clubs
• bowls (down or over)
• levels
• switches
• 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
• does
• pelts
• attacks
• assaults
• batters
• pummels
• mauls
• bashes
• bats
• whacks
• thrashes
• hammers
• bludgeons
• smacks
• paddles
• wallops
• chops
• clubs
• flogs
• switches
• boxes
• threshes
• drubs
• belts
• raids
• works over
• swipes
• slogs
• lathers
• slates
• punches out
• tromps
• lambastes
• bastes
• belabors
• storms
• thwacks
• swats
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thumps

Noun

The lower-vocal harmony struggles to stand out any time the deeper bass thumps. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026

Agents yelled from every direction, and the thumps of a news helicopter overhead were deafening. — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026

You’ll be thrown around in your seat, which moves in sync with the action, along with thumps in the back, splashes of water, blasts of air, smoke, and flashes of light. — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026

In Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, neighbors can still hear the thumps. — Tyler Jett, Des Moines Register, 21 Jan. 2026

Verb

Aledo thumps Colleyville Heritage, Joshua next Tiara Butler dropped in 13 points to lead Aledo to a 48-21 win over Colleyville Heritage in a Class 5A Division I bi-district playoff on Monday. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026

Pam thumps down to earth, all four chair legs on the floor. — Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026

Its Dolby Atmos fills your space, the subwoofer thumps, and Q-Symphony sync turns your TV into an epic sound machine. — PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025

A couple of good back slaps and thumps from the adoring crowd. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

In one incident, a predator, confirmed by a state biologist to have been a wolf, attacked an elk on the front steps of a home in Sierra County as the college-age son of the owner cowered inside, alone and afraid amid the growls and thumps that were shaking the front door. — Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025

To the pop of a bottle of Ruinart champagne served with Petrossian caviar and blinis, the train thumps and clacks south of the French capital, picking up pace through villages and vineyards, warm air billowing through the wind-down windows. — Monisha Rajesh, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2025