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# thump

verb (thump, thumps, thumped, thumping); noun (a thump, thumps)

«thump» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To thump means to hit something hard, usually with your fist, making a dull, heavy sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#m1)
2. A thump is a hit like that, or a heavy, dull sound, like something falling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#m2)
3. Your heart thumps when it beats fast and hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories a thump is a sound effect (a bag landing, footsteps upstairs) or shows fear when a heart thumps. In behaviour lessons thumping someone is hitting and is not allowed. Phrases: «land with a thump», «thump on the door», «heart thumping».

### Examples

- The bag fell to the floor with a thump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x1)
- Someone thumped on the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x2)
- My heart was thumping before the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x3)
- Don't thump your brother! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x4)
- We heard a thump from upstairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x5)
- He thumped the table in anger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x6)
- The apple landed with a thump on the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x7)
- The little elf could not go to sleep, it thumped so loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb. A thump is duller and heavier than a tap or knock. Adjective «thumping» can mean very big in British speech («a thumping win»). Hitting people is never okay; use words or get help.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thump» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thump» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thump.html) on Mova free.