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# thud

«thud» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dull, heavy sound made when something heavy falls or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a thud, thuds); verb (thud, thuds, thudded, thudding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A thud is a dull, heavy sound made when something heavy falls or hits something soft: the bag hit the floor with a thud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#m1)

2) To thud is to fall or hit with such a sound, or to beat heavily: my heart was thudding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Stories and poetry: thud is an onomatopoeia that shows weight and impact; «my heart thudded» shows fear or excitement. Everyday life: a book thuds onto the floor; footsteps thud upstairs. Compare sounds: a thud is dull and low, a clang is metal, a crash is loud and breaking.

### examples

- The heavy book fell with a thud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x1)
- We heard a thud from upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x2)
- My heart was thudding before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x3)
- The apple thudded onto the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x4)
- His boots thudded down the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x5)
- The ball hit the door with a loud thud. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x6)
- Still no sound, except a little thud from Tootles as he dropped on his knees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/#x7)

### note

Verb doubles the d: thudded, thudding. Similar: thump, bump. A thud is lower and duller than a bang.

### In the corpora

- [A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «thud» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thud/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.