thud

THUD/ˈθʌd/

Pluralthuds

Verbthuds, thudding, thudded

4 meanings of thud

1
nouncountable
The low, heavy sound something makes when it falls and hits a surface.
Like the sound a heavy bag makes when it drops onto the ground.
The book hit the floor with a loud thud.
She heard a thud from the room upstairs and froze.
Similarthump, bump, clunk, thunk, clonk
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2
nouncountable
A hard, heavy blow as one thing lands against another.
Like the heavy bump you feel when a door slams shut hard.
The crate dropped from the forklift and the thud cracked two floorboards.
Each thud of the wrecking ball shook the old building.
Similarthump, impact, blow, bump, bang
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3
verbintransitive
To make a low, heavy sound by hitting against something.
Like the noise a basketball makes when it bounces hard on the ground.
Heavy boxes thud onto the conveyor belt all day at the warehouse.
His heart thudded loudly as he opened the letter.
Similarthump, bump, clunk, thunk
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4
nouncountable or uncountable
A heavy, dull kind of hit that spreads its force over a wide area.
Like a deep push from a heavy pillow instead of a sharp slap from a thin stick.
A wide paddle gives more of a thud than a thin cane does.
She preferred the deep thud of the heavy flogger.
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Origin

It comes from Old English þyddan, meaning 'to strike, press, or thrust.'