Thump (?), n. [Probably of imitative origin;
perhaps influenced by dump, v.t.] 1. The sound
made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the
like.
The distant forge's swinging thump
profound.
Wordsworth.
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one.
Coleridge.
2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or
heavy; a heavy fall.
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I
awaked at the knock.
Tatler.Thump, v. i. To give a thump or thumps;
to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his
pole.
Swift.Thump, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Thumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a
dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.
Shak.