the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > strike with specific degree of force [verb (intransitive)] > heavily > with dull sound (2)
intransitive. To strike or beat with force or violence, with an abrupt dull noise; to knock or bump with force. Also to thump it.
intransitive. To make a dull thudding sound; to move with a ‘whump’; to bang or thump; to strike (with a thud).