Thud

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈθʌd/
• Rhymes: -ÊŒd

Origin

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") .

Full definition of thud

Noun

1. The sound of a dull impact.
• 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 3These 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.

Verb

1. To make the sound of a dull impact.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• clang, clash, crash