thud

CEFRB2

/ˈθʌd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A dull heavy sound caused by something hitting a surface.

  2. 02

    verb

    To hit something with a dull heavy sound.

Examples

  • I put the shopping bag on the table with a thud.

  • The demon lord finally lost consciousness and fell to the floor with a thud.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A hard, dull impact.

  2. A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area.

  3. The sound of a dull impact.

More examples

In context

  • These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.

  • At the same instant two arrows thudded into the carcass of the deer over which he knelt, passing but a few inches from his head.

  • Sinclair told the B.A.R. [Bay Area Reporter] he felt the thud of the pistol on his left cheek about a 100 feet from his car, […]

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Origin

noun

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).