thump
part of speech
verb (thump, thumps, thumped, thumping); noun (a thump, thumps)
meaning for a pupil
1) To thump means to hit something hard, usually with your fist, making a dull, heavy sound. tree →
2) A thump is a hit like that, or a heavy, dull sound, like something falling. tree →
3) Your heart thumps when it beats fast and hard. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories a thump is a sound effect (a bag landing, footsteps upstairs) or shows fear when a heart thumps. In behaviour lessons thumping someone is hitting and is not allowed. Phrases: «land with a thump», «thump on the door», «heart thumping».
examples
- The bag fell to the floor with a thump. tree →
- Someone thumped on the door. tree →
- My heart was thumping before the race. tree →
- Don't thump your brother! tree →
- We heard a thump from upstairs. tree →
- He thumped the table in anger. tree →
- The apple landed with a thump on the grass. tree →
- The little elf could not go to sleep, it thumped so loudly. tree →
note
Regular verb. A thump is duller and heavier than a tap or knock. Adjective «thumping» can mean very big in British speech («a thumping win»). Hitting people is never okay; use words or get help.
In the corpora
- His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.
- A rabbit thumps its back foot to warn other rabbits of danger, and the thud travels through the ground into the burrow.
- Rabbits thump their back feet to warn others of danger, and the thump travels through the ground into burrows.
- A rabbit thumps its back foot on the ground to warn of danger, because rabbits are prey animals and always on the lookout.
- Real rabbits do thump their back feet like Thumper, as a warning to others.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «thump» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.