Thud

Word THUD
Character 4
Hyphenation thud
Pronunciations /ˈθʌd/

Definitions and meanings of "Thud"

What do we mean by thud?

A dull sound, as that of a heavy object striking a solid surface. noun

A blow or fall causing such a sound. noun

To make a heavy, dull sound. intransitive verb

To push; press.

To beat; strike.

To drive with impetuosity.

To emit a low. dull sound such as is produced by a blow upon a comparatively soft substance.

To rush with a hollow sound.

To move with velocity: as, “he thudded away,”

The sound produced by a blow upon a comparatively soft substance; a noise like that of a heavy stone striking the ground; hence, a stroke or blow causing a dull, blunt, or hollow sound. noun

Synonyms See thump. noun

A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound. noun

To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud. verb

The sound of a dull impact. noun

Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter. noun

To make the sound of a dull impact. verb

Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants verb

Make a dull sound verb

A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) noun

Strike with a dull sound verb

The sound of a dull impact.

Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Thud

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The word "thud" in example sentences

Oh! the awful thud, _thud_, THUD, as they hammer the spikes, the cruel spikes into his hands and feet, and he never once cringes. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

The crews sprang to the long brake handles on either side, and at once the regular _thud, thud, thud_ of the pumps took up its rhythm. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)

The roar of the flames, the hissing of firebrands sucked upward, the crash of timbers, the shrieks of the foremen through their trumpets, the yells of applause or of sarcasm from the crowd, and the _thud, thud, thud, thud_ of numerous brake bars made a fine pandemonium. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)

And then all at once he uttered a gasp as he expired the breath he had held, and _thud, thud, thud, thud_, he felt his heart leap the pulsations keeping on now at a tremendous rate as they beat against his quivering breast. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

I could hear his breath come hard as the Boers galloped on abreast, closer and closer; and then the _thud, thud, thud_ grew less and less plain, till the sounds gradually became faint in the distance. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

Directly after, _thud, thud, thud_ came the sound of men dropping down into the inner cave, and in another moment there was a rude thrust from behind which drove Mike against Vince, and the two boys were forced onward through the opening to the outer cave, the man with the cutlass giving way sufficiently to let them enter, but presenting the point at ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

The police were about to leave when they heard a shriek followed by a squelchy thud from the outhouse, followed by muffled cursing. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Not mere "Ew, needles!" willies, but proper [:: thud::] is the sound of Cherie fainting to the floor. ❋ Spidersweb (2005)

Apparently the selection of Mr. Martinez is being greeted with a thud from the right wing, with several of the more vocal wingnuts referring to him as "Bonehead." " ❋ Unknown (2006)

And landing with a thud is a new A.T. Kearney report promoting the ultimate net neut bête noire . ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

All of a sudden, above them they heard a thud, and the manager ran upstairs and one of the girls who was friends with the family and was wheelchair-bound had gotten up out of her chair to hug the mother, and the thud was her falling. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The apartment door is unlatched, rasping like a catarrhal throat, then opens further with the singing of a female voice, and finally closes with a dull, male thud, which is the most inconsiderate sound of all. ❋ Franz Kafka (2000)

Suddenly his voice stops and a second or so later on the tape you hear a dull thud, which is the impact of the bomber into the Empire State Building. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The risk, of course, is that when one of their own falls from grace, the thud is a lot more resounding, especially when the result is a massive attempt to cover up the incident and pin the blame on everyone else. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A squeal and a thud were the only responses I got. ❋ Laura Bradley (2004)

The bang was Trent Richardson breaking a 25-yard to the Alabama 37, and the thud was the Florida Gators 'hopes of a comeback hitting the Georgia Dome turf like a fallen heavyweight. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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