n. 25B6; verb
the two men kicked and thumped him : HIT, strike, smack, cuff, punch; beat, thrash, batter, belabour, pound, pummel, box someone's ears; informal whack, wallop, bash, biff, bop, lam, clout, clobber, sock, swipe, crown, beat the living daylights out of, give someone a (good) hiding, belt, tan, lay into, let someone have it; Brit. informal stick one on, slosh; N. Amer. informal slug, boff; poetic/literary smite.
her heart thumped with fright : THROB, pound, thud, hammer, pulsate, pulse, pump, palpitate, race, beat heavily.
25B6; noun
a well-aimed thump on the jaw : BLOW, punch, box, cuff, smack; thrashing, hiding; informal whack, thwack, wallop, bash, belt, biff, clout, swipe; Brit. informal slosh; N. Amer. informal boff, slug.
she put the box down with a thump : THUD, clunk, clonk, crash, smack, bang.