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To hit or strike heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement
“I thump the desk. My knuckles make a crack against the wood, and a piece of paper flutters to the floor like a feather.”
To strike or hit repeatedly
“By the third week in January, I was starting to thump the bag pretty good with my left, and this morning, I got a right hook into it.”
To throb, especially with a thumping sound
“Even as she started to back away, he turned, and her heart began to thump madly.”
To make such a sound
To cause a sound to carry and have an echo effect
To direct something with great force
To push or force (someone or something) violently and suddenly into a particular physical position or state
To campaign or advocate on an issue or for change, typically politically
To help or give aid to
To produce a recurrent tapping sound
Plural for a dull, heavy blow with a person's fist or a blunt implement
“How can he claim damages when he has not only left the stable door open but has sent out the horse with a hefty good-luck thump on its backside?”
Plural for a heavy, deadened sound
“There was a tiny thump and perhaps what sounded like papers whishing around.”
Plural for a loud, deep resounding noise
Plural for a sound made by or resembling that of a drum
Plural for the sound made by a stepping motion or movement
Plural for an act of physically beating, or the result of a physical beating
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