I
n.
thumping noise
1) engine ~
2) a gentle; loud ~
3) a ~ at, on (a ~ at/on the door)
blow
( colloq. )
4) hard ~s (she has taken some hard ~s in her life)
II
v.
1) ('to rap') to ~ loudly
2) ( colloq. ) ( d ; intr. ) ('to wander') to ~ about, around (he ~ed around the western part of the state for a few months)
3) ( d ; intr. , tr. ) ('to strike') to ~ against (she ~ed her head against the ceiling)
4) ( D ; intr. ) ('to rap') to ~ at, on (to ~ at/on the door)
5) ( d ; tr. ) ('to pound') to ~ into (to ~ some sense into smb.'s head)
6) ( d ; tr. ) to ~ off ('to fell') (he ~ed me off my feet)
7) ( d ; tr. ) ('to remove') to ~ out of (the impact ~ed two teeth out of his mouth)
8) ( N ; used with an adjective) ('to render by striking') to ~ smb. cold
9) ( P ; tr. ) ('to render by striking') she ~ed me down
10) ( misc. ) ~ it off! (slang) ('stop!')