THUD (thudded, thudding)

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Irregular inflected forms: thudded    , thudding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does thud mean? 

• THUD (noun)
  The noun THUD has 1 sense:

1. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

  Familiarity information: THUD used as a noun is very rare.

• THUD (verb)
  The verb THUD has 3 senses:

1. make a dull sound

2. strike with a dull sound

3. make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

  Familiarity information: THUD used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

clump; clunk; thud; thump; thumping

Hypernyms ("thud" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

thud (strike with a dull sound)

thud (make a dull sound)

thud (make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants)

• THUD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they thud    ... he / she / it thuds   
Past simple: thudded   
Past participle: thudded   
-ing form: thudding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a dull sound

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

thud; thump

Context example:

the knocker thudded against the front door

Hypernyms (to "thud" is one way to...):

go; sound (make a certain noise or sound)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

thud (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strike with a dull sound

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

Bullets were thudding against the wall

Hypernyms (to "thud" is one way to...):

collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

Derivation:

thud (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

crump; scrunch; thud

Hypernyms (to "thud" is one way to...):

crackle; crunch; scranch; scraunch (make a crushing noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

thud (a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects))

 Context examples 

There was a single crack of his rifle, and, though we saw nothing, we heard the scream and then the distant thud of the falling body.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A loud thudding noise came from somewhere downstairs.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then a confused, dull murmur broke itself into the measured thud of heavy footsteps rapidly approaching.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Would it be possible for me to inspect the train which contained the passenger who heard the thud of a fall in the fog?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was hoisted up like a bag of flour, and fell with a brutal thud into the bottom of the carriage.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The clink of crossing sword-blades, the dull thudding of heavy blows, the panting and gasping of weary and wounded men, all rose together in a wild, long-drawn note, which swelled upwards to the ears of the wondering peasants who looked down from the edges of the cliffs upon the swaying turmoil of the battle beneath them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And yet I can laugh at her very grave—laugh when the clay from the spade of the sexton drop upon her coffin and say 'Thud! thud!' to my heart, till it send back the blood from my cheek.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

At the same instant there was a heavy thud, which shook the old house, and then all was silence.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

From time to time the little ones played round their parents in unwieldy gambols, the great beasts bounding into the air and falling with dull thuds upon the earth.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a pause of shuffling feet and hard breathing, broken by the thud of a tremendous body blow from Wilson, which the smith stopped with the utmost coolness.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)