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What (who) is thud - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
THUD; Thud (disambiguation)
thud
n. a dull thud
thud
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 35). See
ASCII for other synonyms.
[Jargon File ]
thud
¦ noun a dull, heavy sound, such as that made by a large object falling to the ground.
¦ verb (thuds, thudding, thudded) move, fall, or strike something with a thud.
Derivatives
thudding noun
thuddingly adverb
Origin
ME (orig. in the sense 'a sudden gust of wind', later 'a thunderclap'): prob. from OE thyddan 'to thrust, push'.
Examples of use of thud
1. Soon they could hear the thud! thud! of a meat cleaver.
2. Suddenly a thud came from the hills and Ali froze.
3. In a column titled "Thud!" on his radio show Web site, Mr.
4. "I jumped back and there was a big thud as it hit the house.
5. On the hills behind him, loud gunfire and the constant thud of explosions could be heard.