Dictionary

thud en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• thŭd'
• /ˈθʌd/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

Meanings

1. The sound of a dull impact.
   • Ramos had locked Salah’s right arm and turned him, judo-style, as they lost balance going for the same ball. Television replays hardened the suspicion it was a calculated move on Ramos’s part and, when Salah landed with a hell of a thud, the damage was considerable. 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian, London, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2018:
   • These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole. 1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 3, in Moonfleet (fiction), London: Edward Arnold:
2. A hard, dull impact.
   • Sinclair told the B.A.R. [Bay Area Reporter] he felt the thud of the pistol on his left cheek about a 100 feet from his car, […] 1995 January 26, Mary Ann Swissler, “Fremont Man Recovering from Livermore Pass Attack”, in Bay Area Reporter, volume XXV, number 4, San Fransico, page 18:
3. A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area.
   • Pillowcase whippings offer the look and feel of a flagellatio scene’s atmosphere, mood, and psychology while involving only very mild amounts of pain. (A pillowcase is almost all “thud” and very little “sting” in the sensations it creates.) 1992, Jay J. Wiseman, SM 101: A Realistic Introduction, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Greenery Press, published 1996, →ISBN, page 181:
   • It still wasn’t what I’d call painful but as he swung his arm and the strands of the flogger hit me together it felt like a solid thud rather than a number of different tails stinging me. 2013, Sophie Morgan, No Ordinary Love Story, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 294:

Forms

Coordinates

sting · thump

Deriveds

thudless · thud and blunder

Translations (41)

fi jymähdys (the sound of a dull impact) · cs žuch (the sound of a dull impact) · ru глухо́й звук (the sound of a dull impact) · sh mukao zvuk (the sound of a dull impact) · is dynkur (the sound of a dull impact) · ms دبق (the sound of a dull impact) · es golpe sordo (the sound of a dull impact) · grc δοῦπος (the sound of a dull impact) · ro bufnitură (the sound of a dull impact) · sv duns (the sound of a dull impact) · mi ngahoa (the sound of a dull impact) · mk тап звук (the sound of a dull impact) · ms لبق (the sound of a dull impact) · cs žuchnutí (the sound of a dull impact) · oc bombe (the sound of a dull impact) · ga tuairt (the sound of a dull impact) · ms lebak (the sound of a dull impact) · de dumpfer Knall (the sound of a dull impact) · de Bollern (the sound of a dull impact) · ga trost (the sound of a dull impact) · it tonfo (the sound of a dull impact) · fi mätkähdys (the sound of a dull impact) · fr martèlement (the sound of a dull impact) · vi ịch (the sound of a dull impact) · bg приглушен звук от падане (the sound of a dull impact) · mg ngodongodona (the sound of a dull impact) · cs zadunění (the sound of a dull impact) · cs bouchnutí (the sound of a dull impact) · mk тре́сок (the sound of a dull impact) · da bump (the sound of a dull impact) · ms debak (the sound of a dull impact) · tr güm (the sound of a dull impact) · tr pat (the sound of a dull impact) · pl łomot (the sound of a dull impact) · oc bomb (the sound of a dull impact) · mi takuru (the sound of a dull impact) · fi jysähdys (the sound of a dull impact) · pl tąpnięcie (the sound of a dull impact) · pt baque (the sound of a dull impact) · ja ドスンと言う (the sound of a dull impact) · fi tömähdys (the sound of a dull impact)

thud en · VERB

Pronunciation

• thŭd'
• /ˈθʌd/
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make the sound of a dull impact.
   • […] while the tears streamed from his eyes, and his tail waved and thudded in perfect time on the sanded floor. But for the said thudding of the tail, I would have stopped, fancying the poor animal's nerves had been set on edge. 1874, Mrs George Cupples, “Mrs Glen and the Aberfoyle Orphanage”, in The Poetical Remains of William Glen, Edinburgh: William Paterson, page 47:
   • At the same instant two arrows thudded into the carcass of the deer over which he knelt, passing but a few inches from his head. 1849, George Frederick Ruxton, Life in the Far West (non-fiction), New York: Harper & Brothers, page 183:

Forms

Coordinates

clang · clash · crash

Deriveds

thuddingly

Synonyms

crump (a dull sound, to make a dull sound) · plunk (a dull sound, to make a dull sound) · flump (a dull sound, to make a dull sound)

Translations (21)

mi hapuru (to make the sound of a dull impact) · tr gümlemek (to make the sound of a dull impact) · fi mätkähtää (to make the sound of a dull impact) · cs žuchnout (to make the sound of a dull impact) · grc δουπέω (to make the sound of a dull impact) · pl stąpać (to make the sound of a dull impact) · mi ngahoa (to make the sound of a dull impact) · tr güm etmek (to make the sound of a dull impact) · oc bombar (to make the sound of a dull impact) · fr marteler (to make the sound of a dull impact) · pl walić (to make the sound of a dull impact) · fi tömähtää (to make the sound of a dull impact) · cs bouchnout (to make the sound of a dull impact) · fi jysähtää (to make the sound of a dull impact) · de bollern (to make the sound of a dull impact) · fi jymähtää (to make the sound of a dull impact) · pl łomotać (to make the sound of a dull impact) · cs zadunět (to make the sound of a dull impact) · de dumpf knallen (to make the sound of a dull impact) · es darse un batacazo (to make the sound of a dull impact) · de stampfen (to make the sound of a dull impact)