Thesaurus results for THUMP

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noun

Definition of thump

as in thud

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument In frustration, she gave the jammed copier a thump with her fist.

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thump

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verb

ˈthəmp

as in to slap

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech

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as in to lick

to strike repeatedly playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat

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Recent Examples of thump

Noun

Earlier in practice during 7-on-7, running back Kenneth Walker caught a pass in the left flat, leading to a thump from Tranquill. — Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 Duggan Borges gestures around the studio, that thump still coming through the ceiling. — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Verb

Set amidst the thumping techno beats of a former car factory, the pop-up offered multi-course fine dining lunches and casual evening bites. — Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku has become the first player in World Cup history to score as a substitute in four matches — his last coming in the 4-1 thumping over the United States in the round of 16. — David Hickey, NBC news, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for thump

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thump

Noun

The movement feels fluid but also brutally impactful when Wolvie lands claws-first on an unsuspecting enemy with a thud.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
The box lands with a loud thud in the video before the driver snaps the photo and leaves without placing the package at the front door.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of thud

Verb

In response, Smith, 57, approached Rock on the Oscars stage and slapped him across the face.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
Section 301 has also opened the door to new country-specific tariffs targeted at Brazil, at 25%, while Section 338 was cited to slap an extra 50% import tax on certain Canadian goods.

— Kent Jones, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of slap

Verb

Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
There’s truly nothing like licking that paper lid, then shoveling that tiny tongue depressor into a child-sized serving of vanilla or chocolate ice cream.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of lick

Verb

Even the region's major interstate highway, I-70, was partly shut down after a section of it buckled under the weight of pounding rain.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
The robust menu aims to satiate hungry tourists who’ve spent long hours pounding the black sampietrini cobblestones of the vast open-air museum that is the Eternal City.

— Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of pound

Verb

The storm caught the state off guard, having made a sudden shift to the east and smack into the core of the state after most forecasters had projected it to make landfall much farther to the north.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Taylor Trammell then smacked his first triple of the year off the brick wall in right field before Allen sent him home with the go-ahead run off Keaton Winn (2-3).

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026