thump

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thump1 /θʌmp/ ●○○ verb  1  [transitive] informalHIT to hit someone very hard with your hand closed 〔用拳〕捶打，重击 If you don’t shut up, I’m going to thump you! 你要是不住嘴，我就揍你！ She thumped the table with her fist. 她挥拳砸在桌子上。► see thesaurus at hit2  [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]CSSOUND to hit against something loudly 发出重击声；砰砰作响 His feet thumped loudly on the bare boards. 他的脚踏在光光的地板上咚咚作响。 He thumped his cup down on the table. 他把茶杯重重地放在桌子上。3  [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk or run with your feet making a loud heavy sound as they touch the ground 噔噔地跑[走] Stella came thumping down the stairs. 斯特拉噔噔噔地跑下楼梯。4  [intransitive]FRIGHTENEDEXCITED if your heart thumps, it beats very strongly and quickly because you are frightened or excited 〔心脏因恐惧或激动〕怦怦地跳 My heart was thumping inside my chest. 我的心在胸口怦怦地跳。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

thump• She could hear him thumping around in the bathroom, washing before dinner.• Last night, the Dodgers were thumped at home by the Giants.• She guessed it thumped for its life.• I try to thump him with my left, though my hand is a ball of pain.• He felt his heart thumping inside his chest.• His feet thumped loudly on bare boards.• Mike thumped Stephanie's back several times to stop her choking.• The dog's tail continued to thump the rug.• Thump the watermelon to see if it's ripe.

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thump2 noun [countable]  1  CSSOUNDthe dull sound that is made when something hits a surface 重击声；砰的一声 The box fell to the floor with a thump. 盒子砰的一声掉到了地板上。► see thesaurus at sound2  [usually singular] especially British EnglishHIT an action in which you hit someone or something 重击，狠打 If he does that again, I’ll give him a good thump. 如果他再这么干，我就狠狠地揍他一顿。 a thump on the jaw 打在下巴上的一记重击

Examples from the Corpus

thump• Jimmy heard a thump, followed by the slamming of the front gate.• More usually, they come down with a thump a yard or so away.• A suitcase toppled off the top of the wardrobe and landed on the floor with a thump.• He could hear the music and its pile-driving thump in the background.• The heavy thump of acid house music was everywhere.• There was a loud thump as Eddie threw Luther back against the wall.• There were no grunts, no thumps, no scuffling of feet.• The thump of the wall against his back.• At two in the morning I was awakened by tremendous thumps and crashes which were shaking the cabin.Origin thump1 (1500-1600) From the sound

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thump¹ /θʌmp/ verb1. [transitive] informal to hit someone very hard with your hand closed:
    If you don’t shut up, I’m going to thump you!
    She thumped the table with her fist.
2. [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] to hit against something loudly:
    His feet thumped loudly on the bare boards.
    He thumped his cup down on the table.
3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk or run with your feet making a loud heavy sound as they touch the ground:
    Stella came thumping down the stairs.
4. [intransitive] if your heart thumps, it beats very strongly and quickly because you are frightened or excited:
    My heart was thumping inside my chest.
     

THESAURUS

■ to hit someone
   ▪ hit to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc: He hit him hard in the stomach. | I don’t like to see people hitting a dog.
   ▪ beat to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard: The girl had been beaten to death. | He was beating the donkey with a stick.
   ▪ strike written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: Her husband struck her twice across the face. | Police say that the man had been struck on the head.
   ▪ punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: I punched him on the nose. | She was screaming and punching him with her fists.
   ▪ thump /θʌmp/ informal to punch someone very hard: Sometimes I just want to thump him.
   ▪ beat somebody up to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times: If I tell the police, they'll beat me up. | He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes.
   ▪ slap to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them: They had a big row and she ended up slapping him.
   ▪ spank (also smack especially British English) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them: Should a parent ever smack a child? | I don’t agree with smacking. | In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly.

II

thump² noun [countable]
1. the dull sound that is made when something hits a surface:
    The box fell to the floor with a thump.
2. [usually singular] especially British English an action in which you hit someone or something:
    If he does that again, I’ll give him a good thump.
    a thump on the jaw
     

THESAURUS

■ made by things hitting other things
   ▪ bang a loud sound caused especially when something hard or heavy hits something else: I heard a loud bang and rushed out to see what had happened. | He slammed the door shut with a bang.
   ▪ crash a very loud sound caused when something hits something else, especially when damage is caused: The tray of dishes fell to the floor with a crash. | I heard an enormous crash outside our house, and I went to see what had happened.
   ▪ thud a quiet low sound made when a heavy object falls down onto surface: There was a dull thud as the box hit the floor. | His head hit the ground with a sickening thud.
   ▪ thump a dull loud sound made when a heavy object hits something else: There was a loud thump as Eddie threw Luther back against the wall.
   ▪ clink a short ringing sound made when two glass, metal, or china objects hit each other: the clink of champagne glasses | The clink of cutlery could be heard in the restaurant.
   ▪ tinkle the pleasant sound that is made by light pieces of glass or metal hitting each other repeatedly: He listened to the faint tinkle of cow bells in the distance.
   ▪ jingle the sound of small metal objects being shaken together: the jingle of her bracelets | the jingle of keys
   ▪ rattle a short repeated sound made when things hit against each other - used especially when part of something is loose and is hitting against something: There was a strange rattle coming from the engine. | the rattle of the trolley