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Pronunciation : Thump
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v.t.]
Definition : 1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like. The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth. With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one. Coleridge.

2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall. The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Thump
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound. These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Thump
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913