thudding

verb

Definition of thuddingnext
present participle of thud
as in bumping
to come into usually forceful contact with something the snowball thudded against the side of my car

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  1. bumping
  2. slamming
  3. colliding
  4. ramming
Verb
  • The galley kitchen is wide enough to allow a chef and helpers to work without bumping into each other.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The meme stock games that began in 2021 are stretched, the artificial intelligence bubble is bumping into realities, and the hundreds of walking dead companies are stumbling towards oblivion.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of bumping
Verb
  • Hundreds of drones being used as part of a Saturday night aerial light show in Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando appeared to be flying into position before several started falling from the sky before slamming to the ground, according to videos posted online.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • His endorsement of the AfD came alongside a video of a far-right German commentator slamming the leading candidate to become Germany’s next chancellor, the conservative Friedrich Merz.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of slamming
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  • Unhinged Creativity Builds Cultural Relevance By colliding nostalgia (the squeaky clean Macaulay Culkin of the Home Alone movies) with absurdist horror, Kim Kardashian reimagines and revitalizes a holiday classic.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • After colliding with the trailer, the train barreled into the Chamber of Commerce building, according to CBS News.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of colliding
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  • The car-ramming attack at the Magdeburg Christmas market could be politicized by far-right parties in the country, which have already made advances in parts of Germany.
    Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Still, with a narrow majority in Congress, multiple reports suggest the president-elect is reluctant to expend too much political capital on ramming Hegseth through the Senate and has begun exploring alternatives.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of ramming
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