thump

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 [usually +adv./prep.] to hit sb/sth hard, especially with your closed hand: [VN] He thumped the table angrily. * She couldn't get her breath and had to be thumped on the back. * (informal) I'll thump you if you say that again. * (figurative) He thumped out a tune (= played it very loudly) on the piano. [also V] 2 [+adv./prep.] to fall on or hit a surface hard, with a loud dull sound; to make sth do this: [V] A bird thumped against the window. * [VN] He thumped the report down on my desk. 3 [V] to beat strongly: My heart was thumping with excitement. seealsoTUB-THUMPING noun 1 the sound of sth heavy hitting the ground or another object: There was a thump as the truck hit the bank. 2 (BrE, informal) an act of hitting sb/sth hard: She gave him a thump on the back.