GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   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.
   
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   The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth.
   
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   With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
   
   They dropped down, one by one. Coleridge.
   
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   2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
   
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   The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler.
   
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   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.
   
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   These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
   
   Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak.
   
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   Thump, v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
   
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   A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.
   
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