A heavy blow or stroke, esp. with a weapon. Also: the sound made by such a blow. Occasionally figurative. In later use chiefly literary or archaic…

A blow, a stroke. Also: a sound made when something is struck. Cf. smite, n.1 1a.

A sharp blow with a whip, hand, or other object; a stroke, a lash. Also: the sound of a sharp blow; a crack; a thud.

A sound resembling that caused by a rapid succession of blows; (also) a sharp blow; a sport involving blows. Obsolete.

The sound or onset of sharp rattling blows.

The action or an act of causing something to produce sound, as by vibration, beating, or striking; the emission of sound from something; an…

A vigorous stroke with a stick or the like; a heavy resounding blow; also the sound of this.

A resounding or ringing blow, stroke, or detonation; the sound made by such a blow, or a sound resembling this. In later use also: the resonant…

A heavy blow, esp. of, or upon, some yielding substance; the sound of this.

colloquial. A blow, esp. a heavy one.

The sound of a smart stroke.

A blow, a bang; a short, resonant, low-pitched sound. Also as int.: representing such a sound. Often contrasted with ping, int. n.

A sharp blow or impact; the sound made by this.

‘A loud, hollow sound’; ‘a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound’.

The sound of a sharp blow.

A dull heavy sound, as of a blow with the fist, but with some resonance.

Representing the sound of a blow, punch, shot, etc.: ‘Wham!’, ‘Bang!’ Also figurative. Also as n.

A sound of an impact, either dull or plangent. Also int. or as adv.

An abrupt, typically hollow-sounding, heavy thumping noise, as of a blow, or one hard or unyielding object striking another.