thump
To hit something very hard.
To hit someone or something hard, especially with a closed hand or a heavy object, usually making a deep, dull sound.
A loud, heavy sound like something hitting.
A heavy blow, or the deep, dull sound made by something hitting a surface.
(Of your heart) to beat very strongly.
To beat strongly and noticeably, especially used of the heart when someone is excited, afraid, or nervous.
To move or fall with a heavy sound.
To move, land, or fall in a heavy way that produces a dull sound.
A strong beat you can feel, especially bass.
A strong, deep beat in music, especially from bass instruments or a drum.
To win against someone very easily.
To defeat someone by a large margin, especially in sports or a competition.
- Base: thump
- Plural: thumps
- Base: thump
- 3rd Person Singular: thumps
- Present Participle: thumping
- Past: thumped
thump away
1keep hitting repeatedly for a while
To keep hitting something again and again.
- Construction crews were thumping away outside all morning.
- He sat there, thumping away at the keyboard in frustration.
- The neighbor’s music thumped away until midnight.
thump down
1put down heavily and noisily
To put something down with force.
- He thumped down his bag and collapsed onto the chair.
- She thumped the box down on the counter.
- Don’t thump down the weights—set them down carefully.
- He thumped down his bag.
thump into [someone/something]
1collide with a heavy impact
To bump into someone/something hard.
- In the dark, I thumped into a chair and bruised my knee.
- The cyclist thumped into the fence and fell.
- He turned too quickly and thumped into someone behind him.
- I thumped into the door.
thump on [something]
1hit repeatedly (often a door)
To hit something many times hard.
- Someone was thumping on the door like there was an emergency.
- He thumped on the wall to tell the neighbors to quiet down.
- Stop thumping on the table—people are trying to work.
- He thumped on the door.
thump out [a rhythm/tune]
1play a rhythm by striking
To play a rhythm loudly with heavy beats.
- A DJ thumped out a heavy beat that shook the floor.
- She thumped out a simple tune on the old piano.
- The drummer was thumping out rhythms in the garage.