Definition of Thmp
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
THUMP. A blow. This is better than a thump on the back
with a stone; said on giving any one a drink of good liquor
on a cold morning. Thatch, thistle, thunder, and thump;
words to the Irish, like the Shibboleth of the Hebrews.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- a blow that produces a muffled sound
- the sound of such a blow; a thud
- to hit someone so as to make such a sound
- to thud or pound
- to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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