thud

«thud» in Mova's school dictionary: a dull, heavy sound made when something heavy falls or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a thud, thuds); verb (thud, thuds, thudded, thudding)

meaning for a pupil

1) A thud is a dull, heavy sound made when something heavy falls or hits something soft: the bag hit the floor with a thud. tree →

2) To thud is to fall or hit with such a sound, or to beat heavily: my heart was thudding. tree →

sense in the lessons

Stories and poetry: thud is an onomatopoeia that shows weight and impact; «my heart thudded» shows fear or excitement. Everyday life: a book thuds onto the floor; footsteps thud upstairs. Compare sounds: a thud is dull and low, a clang is metal, a crash is loud and breaking.

examples

• The heavy book fell with a thud. tree →
• We heard a thud from upstairs. tree →
• My heart was thudding before the race. tree →
• The apple thudded onto the grass. tree →
• His boots thudded down the stairs. tree →
• The ball hit the door with a loud thud. tree →
• Still no sound, except a little thud from Tootles as he dropped on his knees. tree →

note

Verb doubles the d: thudded, thudding. Similar: thump, bump. A thud is lower and duller than a bang.

In the corpora

• A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thud» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.