"thump" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /θʌmp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-thump.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-thump.wav [UK] Forms: thumps [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Mid 16th century, probably imitative. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} thump (plural thumps)
  1. A blow that produces a muffled sound. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (blow): kumautus (Finnish), jysäytys (Finnish), coup sourd [masculine] (French), dumpfer Schlag [masculine] (German), tump [masculine] (Irish), глухо́й уда́р (gluxój udár) [masculine] (Russian), golpe sordo [masculine] (Spanish), dunk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-thump-en-noun-of6BC5df Disambiguation of Sounds: 12 22 6 5 17 20 19 Disambiguation of 'blow': 57 43 0
  2. The sound of such a blow; a thud. Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-thump-en-noun-SSBYZTp5 Disambiguation of Sounds: 12 22 6 5 17 20 19
  3. (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases. Tags: colloquial, dated, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-thump-en-noun-Nf8za~e4 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 4 62 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 16 5 32 20 12 7 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ecky thump, kerthump, thump-cushion, thump-thump, tubthump Translations (sound): bons [masculine] (Dutch), dof [masculine] (Dutch), tömähdys (Finnish), jysähdys (Finnish), kumahdus (Finnish), kumaus (Finnish), dumpf (German), sunet înăbușit [neuter] (Romanian), глухо́й уда́р (gluxój udár) [masculine] (Russian), ruido sordo [masculine] (Spanish), dunk [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'sound': 54 46 0

Verb

IPA: /θʌmp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-thump.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-thump.wav [UK] Forms: thumps [present, singular, third-person], thumping [participle, present], thumped [participle, past], thumped [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Mid 16th century, probably imitative. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=imitative}} imitative Head templates: {{en-verb}} thump (third-person singular simple present thumps, present participle thumping, simple past and past participle thumped)
  1. (transitive, chiefly UK) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump. Tags: UK, transitive Translations (to hit someone or something so as to make a thump): tömäyttää (Finnish), jysäyttää (Finnish), jymäyttää (Finnish), gread (Irish), ngahoa (Maori), bachnąć [perfective] (Polish), bubnuti (Serbo-Croatian), golpear (Spanish), azotar (Spanish), dunka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-thump-en-verb-bumVz5Ub Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'to hit someone or something so as to make a thump': 72 28 0 0
  2. (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-thump-en-verb-mZjt4CWe Disambiguation of Sounds: 12 22 6 5 17 20 19
  3. (intransitive) To thud or pound. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to thud or pound): jysähtää (Finnish), tömähtää (Finnish), tākurukuru (Maori), buail (Scottish Gaelic), bubnuti (Serbo-Croatian), golpear (Spanish), azotar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-thump-en-verb-5QYuIcoG Disambiguation of Sounds: 12 22 6 5 17 20 19 Disambiguation of 'to thud or pound': 0 3 94 3
  4. (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound): jyskyä (Finnish), jyskyttää (Finnish), tambouriner (French), tākurukuru (Maori), pākōkō (Maori), dudnić [imperfective] (Polish), tętnić [imperfective] (Polish), bubati (Serbo-Croatian), tamborilear (Spanish), golpetear (Spanish), dunka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-thump-en-verb-7Ko1Ts~b Disambiguation of Sounds: 12 22 6 5 17 20 19 Disambiguation of 'to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound': 0 5 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bible thumping, heart-thumping, Koran thumping, Quran thumping, tub-thumping

Inflected forms

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          "word": "jysähtää"
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "sense": "to thud or pound",
          "word": "golpear"
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          "_dis1": "0 3 94 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to thud or pound",
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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55",
          "text": "Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.",
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          "_dis1": "0 5 2 92",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
          "word": "jyskyä"
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      "word": "thump-cushion"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "blow",
      "word": "kumautus"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tump"
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      "sense": "blow",
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      ],
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "bons"
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      "code": "fi",
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    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "Koran thumping"
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        "(intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "tömäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "jysäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "jymäyttää"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "gread"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "ngahoa"
    },
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      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "bachnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "bubnuti"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "golpear"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "azotar"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hit someone or something so as to make a thump",
      "word": "dunka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "jysähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "tömähtää"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "tākurukuru"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "buail"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "bubnuti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "golpear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to thud or pound",
      "word": "azotar"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "jyskyä"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "jyskyttää"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "tambouriner"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "tākurukuru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "pākōkō"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "word": "bubati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "tamborilear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "golpetear"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound",
      "word": "dunka"
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}

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