Meaning of thump | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A blow that produces a muffled sound.
2. The sound of such a blow; a thud.
3. Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
   colloquial, dated, euphemistic
4. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

Equivalents

Examples

“... and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content.”

“The watchman gave so very great a thump at my door last⟳ night, that I awakened at the knock⟳.”

“An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear⟳ thumping away as you enter⟳. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.”

“Where the thump have⟳ you been?!”

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