Meaning of thrump | Babel Free

Definitions

The sound or vibration from a dull, heavy, pounding blow or pulsation.

Examples

“Feel the thrump thrump thrump of the wheels beneath me.”

“There it was, the familiar sound thrump, thrump, thrump, as the honor guards took turns in casting shovelfuls of earth on the coffin, a sound Peter had grown to dread.”

“The thrump, thrump, thrump of the drums helped troops locate their units amid the noise and smoke surrounding them, and told soldiers how to position themselves.”

“Alex Martin watched the helicopter until it was no longer even a tiny speck in the early morning sky, until the pulsating thrump, thrump, thrump of its blades faded into the natural rhythms of the forest.”

“A car door closed, but it didn't have the loud squeaky thunk of a taxi door. It was a soft thrump, like a valve closing on a vacuum.”

CEFR level