thumpn.[Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v. t.]1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.()The distant forge's swinging thump profound. (Wordsworth.)With heavy thump, a lifeless lump,
They dropped down, one by one. (Coleridge.)2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.()The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. (Tatler.)v. t. To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.()These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. (Shak.)v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.()A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. (Swift.)