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thump(2)(dictionary)
thump 1, verb(dictionary)
thump 2, noun(dictionary)

thump(2) (iou)



thump verb & adverb. M16.
[Imit. Cf. JUMP verb, TUMP verb3.]
A. verb.
verb trans.
a. Strike or beat heavily, (as) with the fist or a blunt instrument; hammer, knock; (of a body, the feet) fall on or strike with a thump; put down with a thump. M16.
thump a cushion, thump the pulpit, etc. (of a preacher) use violent gestures (cf. cushion-thumper s.v. CUSHION noun).
J. Gathorne-Hardy She thumped the dishes down. Times Literary Supplement Chapple was moved to thump him on the jaw.
b. Drive or force (a person or thing) down, forward, off, etc., or into some position or condition by thumping. Also, play (a tune etc.) with a heavy touch (usu. foll. by out). L16.
G. Chapman Thrice th' Ajaces thumped him off. C. Ryan The bass drummer..thumped out a..beat in Morse code.
c. Express by thumps or thumping. E20.
verb intrans.
a. Produce a thump or heavy deadened sound; fall or hit with a thump; deliver blows, esp. to attract attention (usu. foll. by on, at). M16.
R. Banks I could..hear the jukebox thumping..in the background. A. Dillard What monster of a..June bug could..thump so insistently at my window.
b. Tread heavily or noisily; (of a thing) move with thumps, bump along. E17.
N. Bawden Marigold, thumping up the stairs.
c. Esp. of the heart: pulsate violently or audibly; throb strongly. L18.
A. Gray My heart was thumping like a drum.
verb trans. Beat soundly in a fight; achieve a resounding victory over. colloq. L16.
Pot Black Taylor ran off five straight victories to thump Thorburn.
Comb.: thump-up slang a punch-up.
b. adverb. With a thump. E18.
thumpety adverb with a thump (usu. redupl. as
thumpety-thump) M20.