thud
a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
a blow causing such a sound.
to strike or fall with a dull sound of heavy impact.
Origin of thud
1Other words from thud
- thud·ding·ly, adverb
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How to use thud in a sentence
They even included the thud and rocking that they’ll experience after they hit the ocean following reentry.
From Civilians to Astronauts: How the Inspiration4 Crew Trained to Go to Space | Jeffrey Kluger | August 5, 2021 | TimeAs I was about to search for some, three logs fell on the ground next to me with a thud, as if gifted from the gods.
Every thud against my body solidified my desire to leave this world.
Though a handful of Democratic lawmakers did introduce legislation that would add four seats to the Supreme Court and give Democratic appointees a 7-6 majority, the bill landed with a thud in Congress.
Justice Breyer’s new warning for Democrats couldn’t have come at a worse time | Ian Millhiser | May 29, 2021 | VoxBekele fainted next, landing with a thud on the garage’s concrete floor as the car continued to run.
Texas Enabled the Worst Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Catastrophe in Recent U.S. History | by Perla Trevizo, Ren Larson, Lexi Churchill, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune; Mike Hixenbaugh and Suzy Khimm, NBC News | April 29, 2021 | ProPublica
For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe guns raised in unison, the sighting of the game, the rounds of shots, the thud as a prey is felled, and then the silence.
The Final Shoot: How an English Country Novel Set in 1913 Explains 2013 | Ilana Bet-El | November 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe most recent, a great big, messy love letter, is about to land with a dull thud in your neighborhood bookstore.
Obviously, if it were just Democrats, the Republicans would have had the votes to pass the thud bill.
You could hear the clicking in the back and when you opened it, it had a thud to it.
RIP, Lever Voting Machines: Where Did Old Booths Go? | Eliza Shapiro | November 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a distant, dull boom in the air—a repeated heavy thud.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingIn this way he can reach up to the tops of the tallest trees and cut off the cocoanuts; when thud!
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeThen a sudden sound sent him on to one elbow—the thud of an approaching horse's hoofs.
Uncanny Tales | VariousHeavy steps rang on the bridge over his head, and the thud of their fall was like thunder to the man beneath.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniThe dull thud of a footfall in the cell above hammers on my head with maddening regularity.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander Berkman
British Dictionary definitions for thud
/ (θʌd) /
a dull heavy sound: the book fell to the ground with a thud
a blow or fall that causes such a sound
to make or cause to make such a sound
Origin of thud
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