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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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
Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
In Rite, the bass-drum thumps landed like boulders falling from a mountaintop.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Jay Paris, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
When Lily was five years old, miracle of miracles, love’s mallet thumped me again.
—Charles Bock, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
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Noun
That opposite-field thump, which defined Wood’s rapid rise through the minor leagues, and seven solid innings from Jake Irvin gave the Nationals a 5-2 win and their first sweep since mid-June.
—Spencer Nusbaum, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
In Rite, the bass-drum thumps landed like boulders falling from a mountaintop.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
Verb
The Dodgers thumped the Padres, 8-0, on Wednesday in the NL Division Series after dropping two straight games.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
When Lily was five years old, miracle of miracles, love’s mallet thumped me again.
—Charles Bock, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thump
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News that the Mexican government had forced down the Gulfstream and confiscated its 4 tons of cocaine landed with a thud at ICE.Penn Bullock, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
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Videos on social media showed bright orange clouds rising over the horizon, as dull thuds of detonations sounded almost continuously.Tony Hicks and Joanna Kozlowska, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
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Trump’s talk of slapping 20 percent tariffs onto everything sold to America, including European exports, could spell disaster for Europe’s economy.New York Times, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s last term saw the Republican slap tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods, launch a campaign against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and use racist language to describe the virus that causes Covid-19, which was first identified in China.Simone McCarthy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Nomi Malone licking the stripper pole in Showgirls?Lily Burana, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the series premiere, Rio licked Agatha’s hand in a sapphic (and slightly blood-play oriented) moment of intimacy, and the two also had an almost-kiss at the end of episode four.Quispe López, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
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And in what many consider the final blow to her mayoral career, Thao’s home was raided by FBI agents in July.Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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That will come as a bitter blow to the workers affected.The Week UK, theweek, 10 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump made his closing pitch to supporters while knocking several of his opponents in his last rally of the presidential election on Monday night.Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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Toyota’s Japanese manufacturing plants crank out about 13,500 new vehicles every day—but last year, 14 of them were knocked offline for 24 hours by a single software glitch.Chris Turlica, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Through the opening 10 minutes, the Pioneers were pounding on the door with two early corners and a shot from distance that sailed just over the crossbar.Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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In Lebanon's capital, Israeli planes pounded the southern suburb of Dahiyeh overnight and early Friday for the first time in four days, spreading panic after a rare lull.SALLY ABOU ALJOUD AND WAFAA SHURAFA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 2 Nov. 2024
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Hurricane Oscar made landfall in far eastern Cuba around the same time as the blackout, throwing a one-two punch that has sapped precious resources in a country suffering from severe shortages of food, fuel and medicine.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Live updates on Election Day snags:Legal fights and long, long lines Profanities and a punch that knocked glasses off judge's face Again, police reported, Schmidt was told to go to the back of the line.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Last night Prospect Park, smack in the middle of Brooklyn, caught fire.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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Director Bruce Goodison applies the tension well in the first two thirds of this efficient Shudder release, but then the plot smacks into a dead-end in its final act.Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Thump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thump. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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