thud
verb/θʌd/
/θʌd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they thud | /θʌd/ /θʌd/ |
| he / she / it thuds | /θʌdz/ /θʌdz/ |
| past simple thudded | /ˈθʌdɪd/ /ˈθʌdɪd/ |
| past participle thudded | /ˈθʌdɪd/ /ˈθʌdɪd/ |
| -ing form thudding | /ˈθʌdɪŋ/ /ˈθʌdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] thud (something) + adv./prep. to fall or hit something with a low, heavy sound
- His arrow thudded into the target.
- We heard him thudding up the stairs.
- The waves thudded against the side of the ship.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- painfully
- wildly
- …
- against
- into
- on
- …
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- [intransitive] (literary) (especially of the heart) to beat strongly
- She felt her heart thud wildly with fear.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- hard
- painfully
- wildly
- …
- against
- into
- on
- …
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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.
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