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kerthump

kerthump interjection: the sound of a loud or repeated thump.

Interjection

  1. The sound of a loud or repeated thump.
    • Ker-thump, shatter, shatter, Ker-thump, shatter, the sound of the round thermos rolling towards the stage.2013, Suzy Harrison Ward, Walking on Sunshine, page 36

Noun

kerthump (plural kerthumps)

  1. The sound of a loud or repeated thump.
    • Then, all of a sudden, you hear that hollow sounding "ker-thump, ker-thump, ker-thump" of a deer bounding through the woods ahead of you.1973, Herb Williams, Outdoor Adventures: A Goushā Weekend Guide, Goushā Publications, page 17
    • They waited one long excruciating minute, while Sam counted the kerthumps inside her chest.2009, Deborah Bedford, A Morning Like This, Hachette Book Group

Forms of kerthump

Interjection
alternative formkathump
alternative formker-thump
Noun
pluralkerthumps

Origin of kerthump

From ker- + thump.

Questions about kerthump

What does kerthump mean?
Kerthump means the sound of a loud or repeated thump.
What part of speech is kerthump?
Kerthump can be an interjection or a noun.

Words near kerthump in the dictionary

  1. Kerstings
  2. Kerswell
  3. Kerswells
  4. Kerteminde
  5. Kertess
  6. kerthump
  7. kerthumps
  8. kertinocyte
  9. Kerton
  10. Kertons
  11. Kertz

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