[
UK
/θˈʌd/
]
[ US /ˈθəd/ ]
[ US /ˈθəd/ ]
NOUN
- a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
VERB
-
strike with a dull sound
Bullets were thudding against the wall -
make a dull sound
the knocker thudded against the front door - make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
How To Use thud In A Sentence
- A neighbour reported hearing a thud that sounded like a garbage bag being dropped.
- You shut your biology book with a thud, and stared at him from across the table.
- Feet sounded on the deck, the thud of a heavy rope against the hull, the blare of a siren. HIGH STAND
- A long screech was followed by a thud as a matronly passenger tumbled forward, breaking her arm.
- He and the coffee table hit the ground with a loud thud and the sound for breaking wood.
- With muffled thuds and a yelp, Ace and the thief tussled on the floor.
- A scampering noise beat across the ceiling before a little trapdoor opened with a dull thud, previously completely invisible to all in the bar.
- The boy fell to the ground with a thud.
- The pounding roar of the first shot resounded from inside the cracked-open sphere, and the nigrescent space thudded with the rutilant explosions of needlecraft. In Other Worlds
- The immense man, brandishing his recovered certificates, plunged forward to encounter them, shouting in Arabic, hustled them back, kicked them, struck at the camels with a stick till those in front receded upon those behind and the street was blocked by struggling beasts and resounded with roaring snarls, the thud of wooden bales clashing together, and the desperate protests of the camel-drivers, one of whom was sent rolling into a noisome dust heap with his turban torn from his head. The Garden of Allah