thud

Definition of thud in English English dictionary: The sound of a dull impact
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.; Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter, after the sound it makes when it crashed into the North Vietnamese countryside, due to its high rate of loss; To make the sound of a dull impact; make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"; {f} produce a dull heavy sound; strike with such a sound; If something thuds somewhere, it makes a dull sound, usually when it falls onto or hits something else. She ran up the stairs, her bare feet thudding on the wood There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door. + thudding thud·ding the thudding of the bombs beyond the hotel; When your heart thuds, it beats strongly and rather quickly, for example because you are very frightened or very happy. My heart had started to thud, and my mouth was dry = pound. a dull/hard/heavy thud; {i} thump, dull heavy sound like that of a fall; strike or blow that causes a thump; make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door; To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud; a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects); A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth; make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants; strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall" make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door; A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft. She tripped and fell with a sickening thud = thump; strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"
thuddingly: In a dull, predictable manner
thuddingly: In a thudding way; making a thudding sound
thudded: past of thud
thudding: present participle of thud
thudding: not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
thuddingly: thumpingly, with a dull heavy sound like that of a fall
thuds: plural of thud

thud

Turkish pronunciation

thʌd

Synonyms

flump, plunk, bang, beat, blow, clonk, clout, clump, clunk, fall, flutter, hammer, hit, knock, plop

Pronunciation

/ˈᴛʜəd/ /ˈθʌd/

Etymology

[ 'th&d ] (noun.) 1787. From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”) from Proto-Germanic *þuddjanan, *þíudjanan (“to strike, thrust”) from Proto-Germanic base *þūχanan, *þíuχanan (“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”).