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What (who) is Thump - definition
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Thump (disambiguation)
Thump
·noun A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
II. Thump ·vt To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
III. Thump ·noun The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
thump
I. n.
Blow, knock, stroke.
II. v. a.
Beat, knock, strike, belabor, thwack, punch, whack, batter.
thump
(thumps, thumping, thumped)
1.
If you thump something, you hit it hard, usually with your fist.
He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over...
I heard you thumping on the door.
= bang
VERB: V n, V on n
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Thump is also a noun.
He felt a thump on his shoulder.
N-COUNT
2.
If you thump someone, you attack them and hit them with your fist. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL)
Don't say it serves me right or I'll thump you.
VERB: V n
3.
If you thump something somewhere or if it thumps there, it makes a loud, dull sound by hitting something else.
She thumped her hand on the witness box...
Waiters went scurrying down the aisles, thumping down tureens of soup.
...paving stones and bricks which have been thumping down on police shields and helmets...
VERB: V n prep, V n with adv, V prep/adv
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Thump is also a noun.
There was a loud thump as the horse crashed into the van.
= thud
N-COUNT
4.
When your heart thumps, it beats strongly and quickly, usually because you are afraid or excited.
My heart was thumping wildly but I didn't let my face show any emotion.
= pound, thud
VERB: V
5.
see also thumping
Wikipedia
Thump
Thump may refer to:
- Thump (Vice), a music and culture channel of the magazine Vice
- Icky Thump, 2007 album by US alternative rock band The White Stripes
- "Icky Thump" (song), by American alternative rock band The White Stripes
- Thump Records, US record label
Examples of use of Thump
1. Circle big in the back and small in the front." Thump, thump thump.
2. The thump–thump–thump of women pounding millet for porridge reverberated through the humid air.
3. Lopez drums his cadence and exhorts his students: Thump, thump, thump.
4. "It‘s only a call to prayer and better than the ‘thump thump thump‘ we get from teenage parties.
5. There was no warning and no screaming, just thump–thump–thump as the bodies were hit.‘‘ The victims were taken to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.