thump
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- (transitive) If you thump something, you hit it, often with your closed hand.
- (transitive & intransitive) If something thumps, it hits something else, making a loud, low sound.
- (intransitive) If your heart thumps, it beats so strongly and quickly that you can easily notice it.
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[change]- (countable) A thump is a loud, low sound made when something hits something else.
- (countable) A thump is the action of something hits something else.