| VERB | motion | thump, beat, pound | move rhythmically |
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| perception | thump, thud | make a dull sound | |
| contact | thump, pound, poke | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument | |
| NOUN | event | thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud | a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) |
| act | thump | a heavy blow with the hand |
| Sounds | thah'mp | |
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| Rhymes | bump ... trump: 18 rhymes with ahmp... | |
| Meaning | A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects). | |
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| Synonyms | thumping, clump, clunk, thud | |
| Broader | sound | The sudden occurrence of an audible event |
| Spanish | golpazo, porrazo, ruido sordo | |
| Catalan | bum, cop sord, patacada | |
| Verbs | thump | make a dull sound |
| Meaning | A heavy blow with the hand. | |
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| Broader | blow | A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon |
| Spanish | golpazo, porrazo | |
| Verbs | thump | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument |
| Meaning | Move rhythmically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | beat, pound | |
| Narrower | flap | Move noisily |
| palpitate, flutter | Beat rapidly | |
| pulsate, throb, pulse | Expand and contract rhythmically | |
| thrash | beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Similar to | beat | Indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks |
| Spanish | aporrear, golpear, latir | |
| Catalan | bategar, batre | |
| Meaning | make a dull sound. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | thud | |
| Broader | sound, go | make a certain noise or sound |
| Spanish | aporrear | |
| Catalan | bastonejar, copejar, pegar, tustar | |
| Nouns | thump, thumping | a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) |
| Meaning | hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | The fighter managed to thump his opponent | |
| Example | "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" | |
| Synonyms | pound, poke | |
| Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
| Spanish | aporrear, golpear, librar, martillear, moler a palos | |
| Catalan | martellejar, picar amb força, tustar | |
| Nouns | thump | a heavy blow with the hand |
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