thud

noun

/θʌd/

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a sound like the one that is made when a heavy object hits something else
- His head hit the floor with a dull thud.
- She could hear the thud of her own heartbeat sounding heavily in her ears.
- She felt her heart give an extra thud.
- The boot made a dull thud as it hit the ground.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- heavy
- loud
- resounding
- …
verb + thud
- give
- make
- hear
- …
preposition
- with a thud
phrases
- the thud of a heart
- the thud of hooves
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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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thud

verb

/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/

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[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 Dictionary
adverb
- hard
- painfully
- wildly
- …
preposition
- 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 Dictionary
adverb
- hard
- painfully
- wildly
- …
preposition
- 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.