thumps

Noun

thump (plural thumps)

1. A blow that produces a muffled sound.
   • ... and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 1
2. The sound of such a blow; a thud.
   • An interesting feature of the church is the invisible clock, which you can hear thumping away as you enter. Constructed in 1525, it is one of the oldest timepieces in England. It chimes the hours and the quarters, and every three hours it plays a hymn. But it has no faces.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 163
3. (colloquial, dated, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
   • Where the thump have you been?!
4. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

   Synonyms:

   bump

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