to thud
2
3.5
- verb
- /θʌd/
:
dar un golpe sordo
- Heavy, squarish brogans, they clomp and thud as Toby runs up and down the court.
- heart thuds
- footsteps thud
- thuds into chest
And the answer hasn't changed since I first felt cuffs red Etheridge or Dwayne heard iron doors too heavy to dent with any human pair of hands thud shut.
- And the answer hasn't changed since I first felt cuffs red Etheridge or Dwayne heard iron doors too heavy to dent with any human pair of hands thud shut.
Examples
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The bowling ball thuds into his chest and lifts him off his feet.
Fiction book (1998) -
His bare footfalls thud heavily behind her.
Fiction book (1999) -
I spend the next hour working with him until footsteps thud up the ladder.
Fiction book (1999) -
You just thudded like a brick on concrete.
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Grant tries to shove it open, but just thuds into it.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Persimmons thud onto the wooden floor and roll out into the aisle."
Fiction book (1993) -
The car thuds over the compression plates of a bridge.
Fiction book (1998) -
A huge chunk of the roof thuds before the workshop door.
Fiction book (1991) -
The bulldozer pushes forward into the back end; the crate thuds to the floor.
Fiction book (1993) -
The heavy box fell off the shelf with a loud thud.
Synonyms
27
3.4
To hit something hard so it makes a dull sound
1
9.0
To hit something so it makes a dull heavy sound
1
8.3
To hit something so it makes a dull, heavy sound
1
7.1
To move with a dull thud, as when a horse's hooves hit the ground
To hit something so it makes a dull thumping sound
To fall or put something down heavily so it makes a dull sound
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Etymology
Thud is a sound word that copies the deep, heavy sound of something hitting, like the similar word thump. So to thud is to make that 'dull, heavy sound' when something falls or strikes.