thump

1. 1.

   a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

   Synonymsthumpingclumpclunkthud

   Broadersound
2. 2.

   a heavy blow with the hand

   Broaderblow

Other forms of thump

plural

thumps·

past tense

thumped·

present participle

thumping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thump

What does thump mean?

thump means "move rhythmically". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thump?

thump has 1 syllable: thump. In IPA it is /ˈθʌmp/.

What is another word for thump?

Close synonyms include beat, pound, thud, pound, poke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thump a common word?

thump is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.