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thumps

NOUN

hit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

thud

STRONG

bang beat blow bop ding drub knock pound punch smack sound strike stump throb thwack wallop whack whop

NOUN, VERB

dull crash; dull sound

Synonyms

WEAK

bang beat blow clonk clout clump clunk fall flutter hammer hit knock plop poke pound pounding pulse rap slap smack strike throb thunk thwack wallop whack

Example Sentences

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Alcaraz turns around and thumps Sinner at the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The heavy thumps of snow falling from the roof during the night into Wednesday may have woken me up, but it was a welcome sign that a slight thaw may finally have been under way.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

As the beat from Azealia Banks’ “212” thumps in the background, she bounces around her tiny New York bedroom, twirling like a chemically enhanced cool girl.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

Cowie has a terrific partner in Andrés Acosta, whose score of fat static, fluttering thumps and brooding slow-core strings makes the movie sound as darkly bewitching as it looks.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

With that he stamped the family’s passports with loud thumps and sent them on their way.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai