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.
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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.
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.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole.
Swift.
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