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  • 31thump — [[t]θʌmp[/t]] n. 1) a blow or knock with a heavy object, producing a dull sound 2) the sound made by or as if by such a blow 3) to strike or beat with a heavy object, so as to produce a dull sound; pound 4) (of an object) to strike against… …

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  • 32thump — /θʌmp / (say thump) noun 1. a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock. 2. the sound made by such a blow. –verb (t) 3. to strike or beat with something thick and heavy, so as to produce a dull sound; pound. 4.… …

  • 33thump — thud / thump [n/v] dull crash; dull sound bang, beat, blow, clonk, clout, clump, clunk, fall, flutter, hammer, hit, knock, plop, poke, pound, pounding, pulse, rap, slap, smack, strike, throb, thunk*, thwack*, wallop*, whack*; concepts 65,181,189 …

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  • 34thump — v. & n. v. 1 tr. beat or strike heavily esp. with the fist (threatened to thump me). 2 intr. throb or pulsate strongly (my heart was thumping). 3 intr. (foll. by at, on, etc.) deliver blows, esp. to attract attention (thumped on the door). 4 tr.… …

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  • 35thump — Synonyms and related words: bang, bash, baste, bastinado, bat, batter, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beat the drum, beat time, beating, belabor, belt, biff, birch, blow, bonk, buffet, bump, cane, chink, chop, clap, click, clink, clip,… …

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  • 36thump — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. blow, punch; thud. See impulse, sound. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. thud, knock, rap, wallop, blow, pounding, whack, slap, smack, crack, bop*, plop*; see also noise 1 . v. Syn. pound, knock, rap, wallop,… …

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  • 37thump — a periodic vibration and/or audible sound generated by the tire and producing a pounding sensation which is synchronous with wheel rotation …

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  • 38thump — θʌmp n. thud, dull heavy sound like that of a fall; strike or blow that causes a thud v. strike with something heavy so as to produce a dull heavy sound; strike with such a sound, pound, knock; walk with heavy steps …

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  • 39thump — A meteorological reading for temperature, humidity, and pressure …

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  • 40thump — I. n. Blow, knock, stroke. II. v. a. Beat, knock, strike, belabor, thwack, punch, whack, batter …

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