- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
- beat: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
- a heavy blow with the hand
- thud: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
- An onomatopoeia or onomatopœia (from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία; ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make") (adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. ...
- (Thumps) A hiccup or hiccough is a contraction of the diaphragm that repeats several times per minute. In humans, the abrupt rush of air into the lungs causes the epiglottis to close, creating a "hic" sound.
- a blow that produces a muffled sound; the sound of such a blow; a thud; to hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump; to thud or pound; to throb with a muffled rhythmic sound
- (Thumps) Cardio-synchronous diaphragmatic flutter, or SDF. Thumps occur when the heart's electrical signals leak back down the phrenic nerve and stimulate the vagus nerve. The aberrant signals then stimulate contractions of the diaphragm in sychrony with the heart rate. ...
- to punch or to hit, also to beat down. Pronounced “tump”.