thumped
past simple and past participle ofthump
thump
verb[IorT]
uk/θʌmp/us/θʌmp/tohitsomething andcauseanoise:
Someone was thumpingonthedoor.
UK
tohitsomeone withyourfist(=closedhand):
He thumped him in theface.
to hit someone or something
- hitShe was expelled for hitting another pupil.
- whackShe whacked the water with her paddle.
- bashThe swinging door bashed him in the face.
- strikeShe had been struck on the head with a golf ball.
- beatHe was cruel to his dog and beat it with a stick.
- punchHe punched me in the stomach.
someone'shead thumps
UK
Ifyourheadthumps, you canfeelpaininstrongbeatsinyourhead:
When Iwokeup mymouthwasdryand myheadwas thumping.
someone'sheart thumps
Ifyourheartthumps, itbeatsmorestronglyandquicklythanusual, because ofexercise,fear, orexcitement:
Shestoodoutsidehisroom, herheartthumping.
Hitting and beating
- at-risk
- bangsomeoneup
- basher
- bashing
- battered
- brain
- bunch
- butt
- head-butt
- hell
- kick
- knock
- knocksomeone'sblock offidiom
- mess
- swing
- tansomeone'shideidiom
- tar
- wallop
- whop
- whup
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Examplesofthumped
thumped
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Only today, a new version of the transition planning documentthumpedon to my desk.
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I think that children learn far better by doing things than by having thingsthumpedat them.
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The more the table isthumped, the more obvious it is that there are no other arguments on the table.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
One used to hear many anecdotes about people seeing a warring couple in the street and not wanting to interfere because they were likely to bethumpedinstead.
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He said nothing, but hethumpedth wall as he strode out.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The waves crashed heavily on her, and she started to break up as shethumpedon the sandbank.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nixon himselfthumped43 off just 26 deliveries, hitting four 6s, and took two catches and a stumping.
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