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Webster 1913 Edition

Thump

Thump

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
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
.
Shakespeare

Thump

,
Verb.
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 1828 Edition

Thump

THUMP

,
Noun.
A heavy blow given with any thing that is thick, as with a club or the fist, or with a heavy hammer, or with the britch of a gun.
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.

THUMP

,
Verb.
T.
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy.

THUMP

,
Verb.
I.
To strike or fall on with a heavy blow.
A watchman at night thumps with his pole.

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