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thump

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–noun
1. a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
2. the sound made by or as if by such a blow.
–verb (used with object)
3. to strike or beat with something thick and heavy, so as to produce a dull sound; pound.
4. (of an object) to strike against (something) heavily and noisily.
5. Informal. to thrash severely.
–verb (used without object)
6. to strike, beat, or fall heavily, with a dull sound.
7. to walk with heavy steps; pound.
8. to palpitate or beat violently, as the heart.
Origin:
1530–40; imit.

Related forms:
thumper, noun
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thump   (thŭmp)   
n.  

  1. A blow with a blunt object.

  2. The muffled sound produced by or as if by a blow with a blunt object; a thud.

v.   thumped, thump·ing, thumps

v.   tr.

  1. To beat with or as if with a blunt object so as to produce a muffled sound or thud.

  2. Informal To beat soundly or thoroughly; drub.

v.   intr.

  1. To hit or fall in such a way as to produce a thump; pound.

  2. To walk with heavy steps; stump.

  3. To throb audibly.


[Probably of imitative origin.]
thump'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

thump  (v.)
c.1537, "to strike hard," probably imitative of the sound made by hitting with a heavy object (cf. E.Fris. dump "a knock," Swed. dial. dumpa "to make a noise"). The noun is first recorded 1552. Thumping (adj.) "exceptionally large" is colloquial from 1576.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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