transcription, транскрипция: [ θʌmp ]
( thumps, thumping, thumped)
1.
If you thump something, you hit it hard, usually with your fist.
He thumped my shoulder affectionately, nearly knocking me over...
I heard you thumping on the door.
= bang
VERB : V n , V on n
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Thump is also a noun.
He felt a thump on his shoulder.
N-COUNT
2.
If you thump someone, you attack them and hit them with your fist. ( mainly BRIT INFORMAL )
Don’t say it serves me right or I’ll thump you.
VERB : V n
3.
If you thump something somewhere or if it thumps there, it makes a loud, dull sound by hitting something else.
She thumped her hand on the witness box...
Waiters went scurrying down the aisles, thumping down tureens of soup.
...paving stones and bricks which have been thumping down on police shields and helmets...
VERB : V n prep , V n with adv , V prep / adv
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Thump is also a noun.
There was a loud thump as the horse crashed into the van.
= thud
N-COUNT
4.
When your heart thumps , it beats strongly and quickly, usually because you are afraid or excited.
My heart was thumping wildly but I didn’t let my face show any emotion.
= pound, thud
VERB : V
5.
see also thumping