Thump is an English word with synonyms like thud or sound. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Thump in a sentence
Related words
Thump meaning
- A blow that produces a muffled sound.
- The sound of such a blow; a thud.
- Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
Using Thump
- The main meaning on this page is: A blow that produces a muffled sound. | The sound of such a blow; a thud. | Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
- Useful related words include: thud, sound, pound, poke.
- Possible Dutch translations are: bons, dof.
- In the example corpus, thump often appears in combinations such as: to thump, thump in, thump and.
Context around Thump
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Thump
- In this selection, "thump" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, icky, ecky, double, went, someone and mehidy stand out and add context to how "thump" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a soft thump and then and album icky thump in reference. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "thump" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with thump
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My heart started to thump. (5 words)
The thump was my alarm clock. (6 words)
Thump-thump-thump went their feet on the floor. (9 words)
Later seasons were also performed for the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2008. citation U.S. rock band The White Stripes named their 6th album Icky Thump in reference to The Goodies sketch "The Battle of Ecky Thump". (41 words)
In the morning, with lack of lateral movement on offer for Bangladesh, Pant played two controlled pulls for boundaries, before Gill danced down the pitch to thump Mehidy for back-to-back sixes and get his Test fifty in style. (40 words)
Stumbling as he connected with the ball, a grounded Lewis McCann was wondering what had happened until the roar of the crowd and the thump of his team-mates jumping on his back told him the outcome. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Thump-thump-thump went their feet on the floor.
Later seasons were also performed for the Adelaide Fringe and Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2008. citation U.S. rock band The White Stripes named their 6th album Icky Thump in reference to The Goodies sketch "The Battle of Ecky Thump".
Wooten popularized the "double thump," in which the string is slapped twice, on the upstroke and a downstroke (for more information, see Classical Thump ).
A soft thump and then the padding of feet: Noel had hopped out of bed and gone on the run.
A trifle full, as Adam Zampa often was, and he would thump it down the ground.
Australia coach Eddie Jones watched the Wellington Hurricanes score five second-half tries to thump the Queensland Reds 47-13 in Townsville.
For comparison, Lin said, it would take about 100 household furnaces burning at the same time to heat up Doublet Pool enough to thump.
I have some experienced with them because we hired some of these officers as off-duty security to assist our also eager-to-thump-someone bouncers.
She said she then heard a screech and a thump and ran to see him picking up Ms Jordan, who was visibly injured.
These type of strings have a shorter decay and more “thump” to the sound.
Which is great, because I've always felt the original mix and master for was a little harsh – this seems to smooth out the edges and add a touch of extra thump.
Bass hits land harder with more thump in your ear while drums have a more satisfying snap, and all without vocals getting lost in the mix.
In the morning, with lack of lateral movement on offer for Bangladesh, Pant played two controlled pulls for boundaries, before Gill danced down the pitch to thump Mehidy for back-to-back sixes and get his Test fifty in style.
Its design, shaping and technologies will allow the aircraft to achieve these speeds while generating a quieter sonic thump.
My heart started to thump.
Stumbling as he connected with the ball, a grounded Lewis McCann was wondering what had happened until the roar of the crowd and the thump of his team-mates jumping on his back told him the outcome.
The thump was my alarm clock.
Watching him, I imagined that Teddy wanted to cradle a bass guitar and feel the thump and hum of the music surround him, to be held by a crowd, to be cheered for, adored.
A pretty good thump of snow for a few hours could result in around 1″ of quick accumulation around midday.
I suggest either a “thump” test or one where you “pet” the tree.
Common combinations with thump
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to thump 8×
- thump in 6×
- thump and 4×
- the thump 4×
- thump of 4×
- thump on 4×
- thump the 3×
- thump was 3×
- and thump 2×
- more thump 2×