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thud¹

  • /ˈθʌd/

Rhymes with -ʌd

Where it comes from

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

noun thuds

  1. The sound of a dull impact. These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.
  2. A hard, dull impact. Sinclair told the B.A.R. [Bay Area Reporter] he felt the thud of the pistol on his left cheek about a 100 feet from his car, […]
  3. A slower, dull impact with a wide surface area. Pillowcase whippings offer the look and feel of a flagellatio scene’s atmosphere, mood, and psychology while involving only very mild amounts of pain. (A pillowcase is almost all “thud” and very little “sting” in the sensations it creates.)

verb thuds · thudding · thudded

  1. intransitive To make the sound of a dull impact. At the same instant two arrows thudded into the carcass of the deer over which he knelt, passing but a few inches from his head.

    Similar: flump, plunk, crump

Thud²

noun Thuds

  1. US, dated, slang Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter. The aircraft with the most threatening mission and highest loss rate was the F-105 Thunderchief. Of 833 "Thuds" built, 382 were lost between 1965-1972.

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noun the sound of a dull impact

Españolgolpe sordo
日本語ドスンと言う dosunto iu
Portuguêsbaque
Françaismartèlement
DeutschBollern, dumpfer Knall
Italianotonfo
Românăbufnitură
Русскийглухо́й звук gluxój zvuk
Tiếng Việtịch

verb to make the sound of a dull impact

Españoldarse un batacazo
Françaismarteler
Deutschbollern, stampfen, dumpf knallen

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@misc{thud_2026,
  title = {thud},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thud},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}