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Hit or strike heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement
“At this point I thump my fist down onto my desk and toss my hair defiantly.”
To strike or hit repeatedly
“I was a shy schoolboy who was too shy to read in class without his heart thumping so loud that everybody could hear.”
To throb, especially with a thumping sound
“Even as she started to back away, he turned and her heart began to thump madly.”
To move clumsily or ploddingly
To penalize someone for wrongdoing
To direct something with great force
To push or force (someone or something) violently and suddenly into a particular physical position or state
To help or give aid to
Press for political action
To produce a recurrent tapping sound or indicate by such a sound
To kick (something) hard in a specified direction
Plural for a dull, heavy blow with a person's fist or a blunt implement
“How can he claim damages when he has not only left the stable door open but has sent out the horse with a hefty good-luck thump on its backside?”
Plural for a heavy deadened sound
“There was a tiny thump and perhaps what sounded like papers whishing around.”
Plural for the regular throbbing of the heart, an artery etc.
Plural for a sound made by or resembling that of a drum
Plural for a state of concealment
Plural for the sound made by a stepping motion or movement
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