THUMP


Meaning of THUMP in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ heavy , loud

▪ dull , muffled , soft

VERB + THUMP

▪ give sb/sth ( BrE )

She gave the television a good ~, and the picture came back.

▪ feel , hear

PREPOSITION

▪ with a ~

The sack hit the ground with a loud ~.

II.

verb

1 hit sb/sth with your fist

ADVERB

▪ hard

He ~ed Jack hard in the face.

▪ down

He ~ed his fist down onto the table.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

She ~ed the desk with her fist.

2 of the heart

ADVERB

▪ hard , heavily , loudly , painfully , wildly

VERB + THUMP

▪ begin to

Her heart began to ~ wildly in her chest.

PREPOSITION

▪ against

He spun around, his heart ~ing against his ribs.

Thump is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ heart

Thump is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ chest , ↑ fist

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .