Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: thud
IPA transcription: [θ'ʌd]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud
    Meaning: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: thud, thump
    Meaning: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"
  • Synonyms: thud
    Meaning: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall"
Usage examples
  • I think it almost pays for the thud."
  • "I'd rather walk calmly along and do without both flying and thud.
  • "Not a bit of it, Joe!" cried Jasper, with a merry laugh, and setting both feet with a convincing thud on the floor.
  • "When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud.
  • "It won't do anything to me!" shouted Tom, as he struck the creature, knocking it into the corner of the tent with a thud that told it must be completely stunned, if not killed.
  • A thud of fast-flying feet in his rear didn't divert him an instant from his game, although it might be a rescue party for the thief, in the shape of a partner,--who could tell?
  • In the blackness which followed, each stage of the Phoenix's descent could be heard as clearly as cannon shots: the twanging and snapping as it tumbled through the wires, a drawn-out squawk and the flop of wings in the air below, the crash into the hedge, the jarring thud against the ground.