THUMP
What does "THUMP" mean?
To strike or fall heavily so as to make a dull, muffled sound.
Meanings
- To hit or beat heavily, producing a dull, heavy sound. He thumped the table to make his point.
- To beat or pound, as the heart. Her heart thumped as she stepped on stage.
- A heavy, dull blow or the sound it makes. The box landed with a thump.
Word origin
From the early 1500s, of imitative origin, formed to echo the dull, heavy sound it names; related to a family of blunt-impact words like 'bump', 'lump', and 'clump'.
Remember it
THUMP rhymes with BUMP, LUMP, and JUMP - all blunt 'ump' words that land with a heavy, padded thud.
A little poem
Something fell upstairs-
one thump, then the held silence
louder than the sound.
haiku
Wordplay
- What's the difference between a thump and a knock? A knock asks to come in; a thump is already inside.
What it teaches
A thump is a sound that arrives all at once; some truths land the same way, with no knock first.
Quick facts
What does THUMP mean?
To strike or fall heavily so as to make a dull, muffled sound.
Is THUMP a valid word?
Yes — THUMP is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is THUMP?
THUMP has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does THUMP come from?
From the early 1500s, of imitative origin, formed to echo the dull, heavy sound it names; related to a family of blunt-impact words like 'bump', 'lump', and 'clump'.
What can THUMP teach us?
A thump is a sound that arrives all at once; some truths land the same way, with no knock first.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.