Definition of "thump" []

• A blow with a blunt object. (noun)
• The muffled sound produced by or as if by a blow with a blunt object; a thud. (noun)
• To beat with or as if with a blunt object so as to produce a muffled sound or thud. (verb-transitive)
• Informal To beat soundly or thoroughly; drub. (verb-transitive)
• To hit or fall in such a way as to produce a thump; pound. (verb-intransitive)

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• "Elli makes it three steps down the stairs before tripping on herself and proceeds to * thump thump thump* stair by stair, on her face, all the way down to the landing."
• "_Thump -- thump -- thump_ -- Dane beat it out frantically, belaboring the drum head as he wanted to sink his fists home on the body of the"
• "The new-comer made a big V with his ears, sat upright for a few seconds, then, dropping on his fore-feet, sent along the ground a louder, stronger, '_Thump -- thump -- thump_.'"