Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thump
Participle: thumped
Gerund: thumping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | thump |
| you | thump |
| he;she;it | thumps |
| we | thump |
| you | thump |
| they | thump |
Perfect
| I | have thumped |
| you | have thumped |
| he;she;it | has thumped |
| we | have thumped |
| you | have thumped |
| they | have thumped |
Past
| I | thumped |
| you | thumped |
| he;she;it | thumped |
| we | thumped |
| you | thumped |
| they | thumped |
Pluperfect
| I | had thumped |
| you | had thumped |
| he;she;it | had thumped |
| we | had thumped |
| you | had thumped |
| they | had thumped |
Future
| I | will thump |
| you | will thump |
| he;she;it | will thump |
| we | will thump |
| you | will thump |
| they | will thump |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thumped |
| you | will have thumped |
| he;she;it | will have thumped |
| we | will have thumped |
| you | will have thumped |
| they | will have thumped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thump |
| you | thump |
| he;she;it | thump |
| we | thump |
| you | thump |
| they | thump |
Perfect
| I | have thumped |
| you | have thumped |
| he;she;it | have thumped |
| we | have thumped |
| you | have thumped |
| they | have thumped |
Imperfect
| I | thumped |
| you | thumped |
| he;she;it | thumped |
| we | thumped |
| you | thumped |
| they | thumped |
Pluperfect
| I | had thumped |
| you | had thumped |
| he;she;it | had thumped |
| we | had thumped |
| you | had thumped |
| they | had thumped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thump |
| you | would thump |
| he;she;it | would thump |
| we | would thump |
| you | would thump |
| they | would thump |
Perfect
| I | would have thumped |
| you | would have thumped |
| he;she;it | would have thumped |
| we | would have thumped |
| you | would have thumped |
| they | would have thumped |
Imperative
| you | thump |
| we | Let's thump |
| you | thump |
Verbs conjugated like 'thump'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'thump'
chump,
hump,
thumb,
trump,
tump,
whump,
bethump,
bump,
champ,
chimp,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
- rap
- bat, tap, cudgel, hit, slap, beat, pound, thud
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1537, "to strike hard," probably imitative of the sound made by hitting with a heavy object (cf. E.Fris.
dump "a knock," Swed. dial.
dumpa "to make a noise"). The noun is first recorded 1552.
Thumping (adj.) "exceptionally large" is colloquial from 1576.
2. Mid 16th century, probably imitative.
Verbs referencing "thump"
Danish
dumpe.
Sample Sentences
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These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd. [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:]
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Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit. [2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1-3 Arsenal”, in BBC:]
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The cat thumped its tail in irritation.
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Dance music thumped from the nightclub entrance.
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Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. [2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:]