thud
noun/θʌd/
/θʌd/
- a sound like the one that is made when a heavy object hits something else
- His head hit the floor with a dull thud.
- She could hear the thud of her own heartbeat sounding heavily in her ears.
- She felt her heart give an extra thud.
- The boot made a dull thud as it hit the ground.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- loud
- resounding
- …
- give
- make
- hear
- …
- with a thud
- the thud of a heart
- the thud of hooves
Word Originlate Middle English (originally Scots): probably from Old English thyddan ‘to thrust, push’; related to thoden ‘violent wind’. The noun is recorded first denoting a sudden blast or gust of wind, later the sound of a thunderclap, which led to the sense ‘ a dull, heavy sound’. The verb dates from the early 16th cent.Want to learn more?
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