thumping
16
2.9
- noun
- /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/
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golpeteo
- When she hears a strange thumping sound in the great hall, she freezes.
The space fills with sounds and clashes and thumping and yelling.
- The space fills with sounds and clashes and thumping and yelling.
Examples
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The pristine Maryland morning was interrupted by a dull thumping noise in the distance.
Fiction book (2001) -
There's a sound upstairs of thumping, as if someone has fallen to the floor.
Fiction book (1995) -
I began to read, but a thumping began upstairs, and then there was a cry.
Fiction book (1990) -
Suddenly, there was a thumping, as of something hauled slowly up from step to step.
Fiction book (1993) -
Before he can continue, the crowd begins to murmur with fear as the thumping grows louder and closer.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then I hear the scraping and thumping of something that hasn't hardly room enough to turn around.
Fiction book (2001) -
The silence was broken only by the gentle thumping of Duffy's tail against my loafer.
Fiction book (2001) -
Listening carefully, Teresa made out rhythmic thumping sounds and a faint splash.
Fiction book (1990) -
The shoes made a hollow thumping sound on the floor, and the britches swished softly.
Fiction book (1999) -
The pristine Maryland morning was interrupted by a dull thumping noise in the distance.
Synonyms
81
2.2
A heavy, dull sound made when something hits or falls
72
2.9
A series of strong, repeated hits or beats
49
3.0
A heavy dull sound something makes when it hits a surface
8
6.0
A heavy, dull sound made when something hits a hard surface
5
8.9
A dull hollow sound when something heavy hits a surface
1
8.1
A loud heavy sound when something hits or falls
1
4.4
A heavy, dull sound that something makes when it falls or hits the ground
1
5.4
A heavy dull sound that a hard object makes when it is hit or dropped
Antonyms
How Loud
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thumping comes from the sound word thump, which copies the heavy noise made by a strong hit, like a drum or a fist on a door. So a thumping is a deep, dull sound you both hear and feel, which matches the noun meaning.