I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dull thud
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The gates shut with a dull thud .
sb’s heart pounds/thuds/thumps (= it beats very strongly )
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He reached the top, his heart pounding.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dull
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As he moved along the rows of guns, his wooden leg sounded dull thuds .
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The gunshots were no longer dull thuds echoing off the hill but reports, punctuated by the snapping of triggers.
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There were dull thuds from the cargo hold.
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Another dull thud behind his left knee.
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The gates shut behind him with a dull thud and the sound of the wind died away.
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Plastic produces a dull thud , while glass gives a high-pitched clink.
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Almost immediately there was a dull thud as it fell on the floor.
heavy
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They heard the heavy thud as he fell.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sickening thud/crash/sound etc
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Her heart took up a sickening thud.
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One pitched out, hitting the ground with a sickening thud.
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Then she landed on the Market Square flagstones with a sickening crash to lie motionless.
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Then, with a sickening thud in her solar plexus, she understood.
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They heard screams, kicks, the sickening thud of a punch, and the ogre roaring Solper's name.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A snowball hit her on the back of the neck with a soft thud .
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I heard a shot, followed by a thud as his body hit the floor.
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She landed on the floor with a thud .
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Suddenly we heard the thud of horses' hooves.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I hear thuds and blows, and then some one is moaning in pain.
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I heard a thud behind me.
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It hit on the spine and went thud .
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Not so natural to put her down with a thud and devour her with a kiss.
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Soon he was hammering on the door, thud after thud, a noise fit to wake the dead.
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The ferry docked in Brooklyn with a loud thud .
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There was another jolting thud in my back.
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They fell with a thud upon his bedside chair.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
heart
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She could hear his heart thudding under her ear, feel his warmth pressed against her, making her giddy.
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She stopped breathing but her heart kept on thudding its own wild race.
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When he woke, sweating and exhausted, with his heart thudding as though he had been running, it was properly morning.
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His heart was thudding hard against his chest.
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His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop on to his forehead.
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By now I was talking and singing on automatic pilot whilst my heart and brain were thudding with a heady mixture of adrenalin.
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His mouth ached, and his heart thudded painfully from exertion and fear.
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She could feel her heart thudding against his chest.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By late afternoon, a full-scale battle had broken out with rockets and grenades exploding regularly and bullets thudding into the walls.
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I lay down on my bed and felt the blood thudding above my eyes.
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She could hear his heart thudding under her ear, feel his warmth pressed against her, making her giddy.
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She stopped breathing but her heart kept on thudding its own wild race.
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She waited until I locked myself in and then left, her feet thudding hollow on the floor.
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When they thud through the letter-box, £150 will go a long way to ease your mind.