thud

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈθʌd/ See IPA manual

Freq #5468

Meanings

1

verb
strike with a dull sound

Bullets were thudding against the wall.
2

verb
make a dull sound

The knocker thudded against the front door.
3

noun
The sound of a dull impact.

These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.
4

noun
A hard, dull impact.

Sinclair told the B.A.R. [Bay Area Reporter] he felt the thud of the pistol on his left cheek about a 100 feet from his car, […].

Verb forms

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Synonyms

2 verb · make a dull sound thump

Word family

Derived forms thudless

Etymology

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

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# thud

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈθʌd/
**Frequency rank:** 5468

## Meanings
1. strike with a dull sound
2. make a dull sound
3. The sound of a dull impact.
4. A hard, dull impact.

## Examples
- Bullets were thudding against the wall.
- The knocker thudded against the front door.
- These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.
- Sinclair told the B.A.R. [Bay Area Reporter] he felt the thud of the pistol on his left cheek about a 100 feet from his car, […].

## Derived Forms
- thudless

## Etymology
From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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