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- Dictionarythud/θʌd/
noun
- 1. a dull, heavy sound, such as that made by an object falling to the ground: "he hit the floor with a terrific thud"
verb
- 1. move, fall, or strike something with a dull, heavy sound: "the bullets thudded into the dusty ground"
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the sound that is made when something heavy falls or hits something else: The boy fell to the ground with a thud. I could hear the thud of horses ' hoofs down the dirt road. Synonyms. clunk. thump. Fewer examples. The bomb landed with a dull thud. A loud thud rang out like a muffled gunshot.
Noun The book hit the floor with a thud. The ball landed with a thud. I heard a heavy thud on the roof. Verb The ball thudded against the side of the house. the snowball thudded against the side of my car
Thud definition: a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.. See examples of THUD used in a sentence.
1. A dull sound, as that of a heavy object striking a solid surface. 2. A blow or fall causing such a sound. intr.v. thud·ded, thud·ding, thuds. To make a heavy, dull sound. [Perhaps from Middle English thudden, to strike with a weapon, from Old English thyddan, of imitative origin.]
A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft. She tripped and fell with a sickening thud. Much of their study and revision was done to the thud of hammers and pneumatic drills. I heard the regular thud thud thud of running shoes behind me.
To thud is to make the loud sound of something heavy hitting or falling. Tip your chair too far back and your body may thud against the floor.
the sound that is made when something heavy falls or hits something else: The boy fell to the ground with a thud. I could hear the thud of horses ' hoofs down the dirt road. Synonyms. clunk. thump. Fewer examples. The bomb landed with a dull thud. A loud thud rang out like a muffled gunshot.
a sound like the one that is made when a heavy object hits something else. His head hit the floor with a dull thud. She could hear the thud of her own heartbeat sounding heavily in her ears. She felt her heart give an extra thud. The boot made a dull thud as it hit the ground.
the sound that is made when something heavy falls or hits something else: There was a thud as he fell on the floor. thud. verb [ I ] present participle thudding | past tense and past participle thudded.
A thud is a dull sound, such as that which a heavy object makes when it hits something soft.
