thuds
verb (used without object)
3.
to strike or fall with a dull sound of heavy impact.
Origin:
1505–15; imitative; compare Middle English thudden, Old English thyddan to strike, press
1505–15; imitative; compare Middle English thudden, Old English thyddan to strike, press
Related forms
thud·ding·ly, adverb
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thud (θʌd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a dull heavy sound: the book fell to the ground with a thud |
| 2. | a blow or fall that causes such a sound |
| —vb , thuds, thudding, thudded | |
| 3. | to make or cause to make such a sound |
| [Old English thyddan to strike; related to thoddettan to beat, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
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Thuds
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
thud
O.E. þyddan "to strike, thrust," of imitative origin. Sense of "hit with a dull sound" first recorded 1796. The noun is attested from 1513.
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thud
n.1. Yet another metasyntactic variable (see foo). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'.
2. Rare term for the hash character, `#' (ASCII 0100011). See ASCII for other synonyms.
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