Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thump"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thump \Thump\, n. [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps
influenced by dump, v.t.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thump \Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thumping}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thump \Thump\, v. i.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
thump
n 1: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
[syn: {thumping}, {clump}, {clunk}, {thud}]
2: a heavy blow with the hand
v 1: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: {beat},
{pound}]
2: make a dull sound [syn: {thud}]
3: hit hard with the had, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
Southern Baptist" [syn: {pound}, {poke}]
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