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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.

Etymology

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, fig. oppression, torment”) .

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθʌd/
  • Rhymes: -ʌd

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