thud

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But in all of them I heard a certain sound: a thud--thud--thud, like the beating of some big engine; and I discovered, from the flaring of my matches, that a steady current of air set down the shafts.

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  1. noun A dull sound, as that of a heavy object striking a solid surface.
  2. noun A blow or fall causing such a sound.
  3. intransitive verb To make a heavy, dull sound.

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  • With a final shudder and thud, the vessel settled atop the landing spines. —  Time Streams
  • But in all of them I heard a certain sound: a thud--thud--thud, like the beating of some big engine; and I discovered, from the flaring of my matches, that a steady current of air set down the shafts. —  The Time Machine
  • And then it came again--thud, thud, thud, and then a silence that was almost worse than the noise of the door; for I kept fancying that some awful thing was stealing upon me along the corridor. —  Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
  • Must it be so? '' —  Pride and Prejudice
  • A thud, and the second wheel hits the tarmac. —  Fight Club
 

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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Perhaps from Middle English thudden, to strike with a weapon, from Old English thyddan, of imitative origin.

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  1. from Middle English thuden (preterit thudde, past participle ithud), from Anglo-Saxon thy¯dan, press, thrust, stab; cf. thōden, a whirl, a whirlwind.
  2. from thud, v.
 

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