Thud

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thud \Thud\ (th[u^]d), n. [Cf. AS. [thorn][=o]den 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.


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           At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. --Jeffrey.
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           At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the
           side of the steamer.                     --C. Mackay.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thud \Thud\ (th[u^]d), v. i. & t.
     To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud.
  
           Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads. --A. C.
                                                    Doyle.
  
           The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud
           below your feet.                         --H. F. Brown.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  thud
       n : a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
           [syn: {thump}, {thumping}, {clump}, {clunk}]
       v 1: make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front
            door" [syn: {thump}]
       2: strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the
          wall"
       3: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: {crump},
           {scrunch}]
       [also: {thudding}, {thudded}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "thud":
     beat, bump, chink, click, clink, clop, clump, clunk, crump,
     dull thud, flick, flump, hit, pad, pat, patter, pitapat,
     pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, pound, rap, smite, strike, tap,
     thump, tick, tinkle, tunk, wham, whomp
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  thud n. 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is
     reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these
     was `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'. 2. Rare term for the hash character,
     `#' (ASCII 0100011). See {ASCII} for other synonyms.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  thud
       
          1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}).  It is
          reported that at {CMU} from the mid-1970s the canonical series
          of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat".
       
          2. Rare term for the hash character, "#" (ASCII 35).  See
          {ASCII} for other synonyms.
       
          [{Jargon File}]