Thump meaning

Verb: thump

Pronunciation: (thump)

Thump meaning:

• Move rhythmically. Synonyms: beat, pound
• Make a dull sound. Synonyms: thud
• Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument. Synonyms: poke, pound

Noun: thump

Thump meaning:

• A heavy dull sound as made by the impact of heavy objects. Synonyms: clump, clonk, clunk, thud, thumping
• A heavy blow with the hand. Synonym: slug

Quotations: Virginia Woolf – A strange thing has happened while all the other arts were born naked, this, the youngest, has been born fully-clothed. It can say everything before it has anything to say. It is as if the savage tribe, instead of finding two bars of iron to play with, had found scattering the seashore fiddles, flutes, saxophones, trumpets, grand pianos by Erhard and Bechstein, and had begun with incredible energy, but without knowing a note of music, to hammer and thump upon them all at the same time.

Sam Salih – We got thumped in some games, but we also played a lot of good teams tough. It’s been a learning experience for our kids and I think they’ve greatly benefited from this type of schedule.

Tony La Russa – I thought he pitched a very strong game. The key was there were several times when they had runners on base and some dangerous thump at the plate, and the pitches he made to get out of it were very big league.

Alex Barron – I just felt a thump from the rear of my car. Ryan was up over me. He was upside down and there was a lot of fire. It was quick thud and then the next thing you know we were in the wall. It was all behind me and people were moving around, so I can’t really say what happened until I see the video. I just felt a thump and a lot of fire in front of me.

Michelle Wie – I wasn’t really that nervous when I put my ball on the tee, but then my heart was thumping. It was a little bit different today. It was fun getting those butterflies in your stomach.

Sample sentences:

1. My heart is thumping very fast.
2. The knocker thumped against the front door.
3. I constantly felt a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt.
4. South Carolina is the one team that really thumped us. No question, we’ll play a lot better than the first time we played them.
5. I think we’re a great basketball team and they thumped us pretty good in the second half.
6. They really thumped us. That was probably the worst beating we had in the last five years against those guys.
7. We’re a great basketball team, and they thumped us pretty good. I think that’s the team that’s going to win the state championship.
8. They thumped us pretty good. They did a lot of the things we like to do, they just did them better.
9. I heard this big loud thump. And, I guess that’s when the tree hit the house and the lights went off for two hours.
10. Their arrogance doesn’t show. They are not doing any kind of chest thumping that some teams carry, in my opinion, too far.
11. They have beaten us up pretty badly this year. They have really thumped us pretty good. Just as a matter of pride, we would not want to see them celebrate here again. We’d like to change that.
12. Any way you slice it, he was outstanding. There were several times when there was some serious thump at the plate and he made good pitches.
13. I would guess that nothing would come out of this study, other than some people doing some chest-thumping and using it as another thing to point to the problems with undocumented activities.
14. If they want to run and thump themselves in the chest and call this a victory, fine. We’ll see in the end.
15. You can’t reason with the heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.