Thump /(?)/

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.

   With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one.

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.

imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping

1. 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.

1. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.

   A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole.