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thrump

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[thruhmp] / θrʌmp /

noun

  1. a thumping, rumbling sound, usually repetitive.

    the thrump of artillery echoing through the valley.

Etymology

Origin of thrump

First recorded in 1870–75; imitative

Example Sentences

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As the show starts, guitars throb, drums thrump.

From Time Magazine Archive

With the thrump of three car doors, Kathy was suddenly and definitively alone.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Young was conscious of a dull crunching "thrump."

From The Adventures of a Freshman by Williams, Jesse Lynch

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