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- Dictionarythudding/ˈθʌdɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the action of moving, falling, or striking something with a dull, heavy sound: "he heard the hollow thudding of hooves"
adjective
- 1. used to emphasize the clumsiness or awkwardness of something, especially a remark: "great thudding conversation-stoppers"
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(Definition of thudding from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
noun. ˈthəd. Synonyms of thud. 1. : blow entry 5 sense 1. 2. : a dull sound : thump. thud. 2 of 2. verb. thudded; thudding. intransitive verb. : to move or strike so as to make a thud. Synonyms. Noun. bang. bash. bat. beat. belt. biff. blow. bop. box.
noun. 1. repetitive thuds or dull heavy sounds. the thudding of the bombs beyond the hotel. adjective. 2. making a dull heavy sound. There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door. exercises to help you slow your breathing and quiet your thudding heart. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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 .]
(Definition of thudding from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of thudding. thudding. We follow you down, keeping up our dispersion, all of us trying to ignore the thudding in the distance. From Wired.
not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft. “ thudding bullets”. synonyms: dull. nonresonant, unreverberant.
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.
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Thud definition: a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.. See examples of THUD used in a sentence.
the action of moving, falling, or striking something with a dull, heav.... Meaning, pronunciation and example sentences, English to English reference content.
