thump Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
    thud; clump; clunk; thumping.
  2. noun a heavy blow with the hand
  3. verb move rhythmically
    beat; pound.
    • Her heart was beating fast
  4. verb make a dull sound
    thud.
    • the knocker thudded against the front door
  5. verb hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
    pound; poke.
    • the salesman pounded the door knocker
    • a bible-thumping Southern Baptist

WordNet

Thump noun
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v.t.
Definitions
  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.
Thump transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Thumped ; present participle & verbal noun Thumping
Definitions
  1. 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.
Thump intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913