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Webster 1913 Edition


Thud

Thud

(thŭd)
,
Noun.
[Cf. AS.
þōden
a whirlwind, violent wind, or E.
thump
.]
A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound;
as, the
thrud
of a cannon ball striking the earth
.
At every new
thud
of the blast, a sob arose.
Jeffrey.
At intervals there came some tremendous
thud
on the side of the steamer.
C. Mackay.

Definition 2024


thud

thud

English

Noun

thud (plural thuds)

  1. The sound of a dull impact.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 3
      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. (US, military, dated slang) Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.

Translations

Verb

thud (third-person singular simple present thuds, present participle thudding, simple past and past participle thudded)

  1. To make the sound of a dull impact.
    • H. F. Brown
      The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet.

Translations

Synonyms

  • (a dull sound, to make a dull sound): flump, plunk

Coordinate terms


Romani

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá, milk). Compare Hindi दूध (dūdha, milk) and Punjabi ਦੁੱਧ (dudhdh, milk).

Noun

thud m

  1. milk

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

thud

  1. Aspirate mutation of tud.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tud dud nhud thud
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.