thumping

  • 91thump — thump1 [θʌmp] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: From the sound] 1.) [T] informal to hit someone very hard with your hand closed ▪ If you don t shut up, I m going to thump you! ▪ She thumped the table with her fist. 2.) [I,T always + adverb/preposition] …

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  • 92knock — verb 1》 strike a surface noisily to attract attention.     ↘strike or thump together or against something.     ↘(of a motor) make a thumping or rattling noise. 2》 collide forcefully with.     ↘force to move or fall with a blow or collision: he… …

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  • 93stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… …

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  • 94tap — vb Tap, knock, rap, thump, thud can mean, as verbs, to strike or hit audibly or, as nouns, the sound or effect produced by such striking or hitting. Tap implies a light blow usually repeated (as to attract attention to one s presence, needs, or… …

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  • 95thump out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms thump out : present tense I/you/we/they thump out he/she/it thumps out present participle thumping out past tense thumped out past participle thumped out informal to play a tune very loudly, especially on the… …

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  • 96pound — I [[t]paʊnd[/t]] v. t. 1) to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc 2) to produce or effect by or as if by striking or thumping (often fol. by out) 3) to force (a way) by battering; batter (often… …

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  • 97pound — I. /paʊnd / (say pownd) verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to force (a way) by battering. 3. to crush by beating, as with an instrument; pulverise. –verb (i) 4. to… …

  • 98clump — [n1] mass of something array, batch, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, cluster, clutter, gob, group, hodgepodge, hunk, jumble, knot, lot, lump, nugget, parcel, set, shock, wad; concepts 432,470 clump [n2] thumping noise clatter, clomp, galumph,… …

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  • 99knock — [näk] vi. [ME knokken < OE cnocian, akin to ON knoka, MHG knochen, to press < echoic base > KNACK] 1. to strike a blow or blows with the fist or some hard object; esp., to rap on a door 2. to bump; collide; clash 3. to make a thumping,… …

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  • 100banging — I noun 1. a continuing very loud noise (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑noise 2. the act of subjecting to strong attack (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑battering • Hyper …

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