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Thumped Thump Hit Sth Sb/Sth Hard Hitting Verb, Nounbre /θʌmp/Name /θʌmp/Verb

Front thump
Back verb, nounBrE /θʌmp/NAmE /θʌmp/verb


1 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sb/sth) (+ adv./prep.) to hit sb/sth hard, especially with your closed handHe thumped the table angrily. She couldn't get her breath and had to be thumped on the back. (informal) I'll thump you if you say that again. (figurative) He thumped out a tune (= played it very loudly) on the piano.

2 [intransitive, transitive] to fall on or hit a surface hard, with a loud dull sound; to make sth do this+ adv./prep.A bird thumped against the window.~ sth + adv./prep. He thumped the report down on my desk.

3 [intransitive] to beat stronglyMy heart was thumping with excitement. see also tub-thumping

noun

1 the sound of sth heavy hitting the ground or another objectThere was a thump as the truck hit the bank.

2 (BrE, informal) an act of hitting sb/sth hardShe gave him a thump on the back.

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