Thump
Thump , noun
[Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, transitive verb]
1.
The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
The distant forge's swinging thump profound.
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one.
2.
A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
Thump , transitive verb
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.
Thump , intransitive verb
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole.