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# thump

«thump» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hit something hard, usually with your fist, making a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (thump, thumps, thumped, thumping); noun (a thump, thumps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To thump means to hit something hard, usually with your fist, making a dull, heavy sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#m1)

2) A thump is a hit like that, or a heavy, dull sound, like something falling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#m2)

3) Your heart thumps when it beats fast and hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a thump is a sound effect (a bag landing, footsteps upstairs) or shows fear when a heart thumps. In behaviour lessons thumping someone is hitting and is not allowed. Phrases: «land with a thump», «thump on the door», «heart thumping».

### examples

- The bag fell to the floor with a thump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x1)
- Someone thumped on the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x2)
- My heart was thumping before the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x3)
- Don't thump your brother! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x4)
- We heard a thump from upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x5)
- He thumped the table in anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x6)
- The apple landed with a thump on the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x7)
- The little elf could not go to sleep, it thumped so loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thump/#x8)

### note

Regular verb. A thump is duller and heavier than a tap or knock. Adjective «thumping» can mean very big in British speech («a thumping win»). Hitting people is never okay; use words or get help.

### In the corpora

- [His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/4/)
- [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/)
- [Rabbits thump their back feet to warn others of danger, and the thump travels through the ground into burrows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/143-bambi-real-deer-rabbits-skunks-and-owls/9/)
- [A rabbit thumps its back foot on the ground to warn of danger, because rabbits are prey animals and always on the lookout.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/200-rabbits-hay-not-carrots-binkies-and-teeth-that-never-stop-growing/12/)
- [Real rabbits do thump their back feet like Thumper, as a warning to others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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