Thud
noun
The sound something makes when it hits something else hard.
The book fell off the table with a loud thud.
Often appears as...
- loud thud
- soft thud
verb
When something hits another thing with a sound.
The apple thudded against the ground.
Often appears as...
- thud against
- thud on
noun
The sound something makes when it hits something else hard.
The book fell off the table with a loud thud.
Often appears as...
- loud thud
- soft thud
verb
When something hits another thing with a sound.
The apple thudded against the ground.
Often appears as...
- thud against
- thud on
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Concrete Impact
Used when describing the noise made by solid objects colliding.
When the vase hit the floor, it made a distinct thud.
Pro Tip 2/3Heavy Emphasis
Used to suggest the weight or intensity of the falling object.
We heard the thud of footsteps from someone heavy.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeia
The word 'thud' mimics the actual sound of impact, a feature called onomatopoeia.
A thud echoed in the alley as the bag of cement dropped.
Pro Tip 1/3Concrete Impact
Used when describing the noise made by solid objects colliding.
When the vase hit the floor, it made a distinct thud.
Pro Tip 2/3Heavy Emphasis
Used to suggest the weight or intensity of the falling object.
We heard the thud of footsteps from someone heavy.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeia
The word 'thud' mimics the actual sound of impact, a feature called onomatopoeia.
A thud echoed in the alley as the bag of cement dropped.
Pro Tip 1/3Concrete Impact
Used when describing the noise made by solid objects colliding.
When the vase hit the floor, it made a distinct thud.
Pro Tip 2/3Heavy Emphasis
Used to suggest the weight or intensity of the falling object.
We heard the thud of footsteps from someone heavy.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeia
The word 'thud' mimics the actual sound of impact, a feature called onomatopoeia.
A thud echoed in the alley as the bag of cement dropped.
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Video examples
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forth with your joystick which is rumbling with haptic feedback the tree falls you see it fall you hear it fall and there's haptic feedback floor in the room that shakes with a thud when the tree hits the forest floor now the amazing thing about tree project is that players who were immersed in this virtual world for two minutes
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Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
here is that the pups are quite hungry and they're trying to encourage the adults of the pack to go off and go hunting oops sorry sir be ok didn't land on your foot you didn't let on your foot I just heard this thud that I could just imagine of metal water bottles landing on you ouch
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How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
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Karen Eber: How your...
right after you hear it. When you listen to a story, your entire brain starts to light up. Each of your lobes will light up as your senses and your emotions are engaged. As I talk about a phone falling and hitting the ground with a thud
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How math saved my life PIPE...
tipped off by a server as to who had cash and they would attack and rob you when you left so as we leave this bar I was attacked from behind from my perspective I didn't see anything at all I just heard and felt this deep thud in
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
those people that are on the roof and are carrying rifles and Watts and boxes of ammunition that's right they're shooting at us so far we'll be shooting up but when it comes to worst we're not gonna sit in writing up thud
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How we can design...
so they want to build bigger buildings. What that results in is the thud, the dull thud of the same apartment building being built in every city across the world. And this is not only creating physical sameness,
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Living in a shadow PIPE...
stop Claire said it knew you were coming she cuts three paper birds out of she cut out three paper birds and pasted them to the window to warn the bird away thud it Dov's suicidally again causing
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The treadmill's dark and...
The constant thud underneath your feet, the constrained space, and the monotony of going nowhere fast.
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Conquering the World’s...
those good thud yep
Video examples
Heal your brain with...
forth with your joystick which is rumbling with haptic feedback the tree falls you see it fall you hear it fall and there's haptic feedback floor in the room that shakes with a thud when the tree hits the forest floor now the amazing thing about tree project is that players who were immersed in this virtual world for two minutes
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 304 PIPE...
here is that the pups are quite hungry and they're trying to encourage the adults of the pack to go off and go hunting oops sorry sir be ok didn't land on your foot you didn't let on your foot I just heard this thud that I could just imagine of metal water bottles landing on you ouch
Video examples
How to speak monkey: The...
everything she has to say. Mixed in with chirping sonatas from high above is the constant thud of a machete chopping trees. Shakira's habitat in Colombia is being cut down, piece by piece, and if we don't work to protect the critically endangered cotton-top tamarin,
Video examples
Karen Eber: How your...
right after you hear it. When you listen to a story, your entire brain starts to light up. Each of your lobes will light up as your senses and your emotions are engaged. As I talk about a phone falling and hitting the ground with a thud
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
tipped off by a server as to who had cash and they would attack and rob you when you left so as we leave this bar I was attacked from behind from my perspective I didn't see anything at all I just heard and felt this deep thud in
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
those people that are on the roof and are carrying rifles and Watts and boxes of ammunition that's right they're shooting at us so far we'll be shooting up but when it comes to worst we're not gonna sit in writing up thud
Video examples
How we can design...
so they want to build bigger buildings. What that results in is the thud, the dull thud of the same apartment building being built in every city across the world. And this is not only creating physical sameness,
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
stop Claire said it knew you were coming she cuts three paper birds out of she cut out three paper birds and pasted them to the window to warn the bird away thud it Dov's suicidally again causing
Video examples
The treadmill's dark and...
The constant thud underneath your feet, the constrained space, and the monotony of going nowhere fast.
Video examples
Conquering the World’s...
those good thud yep
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Quote examples
Michael Patrick King
American Writer
With a live audience, it's very clear when you've pushed it too far to the edge - because you fall off that edge and hit bottom with a thud. Nothing abstract about that. You know you went too far when you hear that groan or worse - that silence instead of the big laugh you were expecting following your hilariously edgy joke.
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Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.
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Alan Menken
American Musician
When 'Newsies' first came out, it just crash-landed with a thud; it won a Razzie for worst song of the year, and I felt such embarrassment. Fast-forward, and it's a hit on Broadway, and I win a Tony for the score!
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Ronnie Wood
English Musician
I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He'd cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him.
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Jessie Cave
English Actress
Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.
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John Barrow
American Politician
One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.
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Rahm Emanuel
American Politician
Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk?
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James Herriot
British Writer
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.
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Billy Beane
American Athlete
Smaller markets teams, when you hit bottom, you hit with a thud.
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Elizabeth Taylor
English Actress
I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.
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Michael Patrick King
American Writer
With a live audience, it's very clear when you've pushed it too far to the edge - because you fall off that edge and hit bottom with a thud. Nothing abstract about that. You know you went too far when you hear that groan or worse - that silence instead of the big laugh you were expecting following your hilariously edgy joke.
Quote examples
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian Composer
Suddenly, at about ten o'clock, a dull thud sounded somewhere far away from us, and simultaneously we saw a small white round cloud about half a mile ahead of us where the shrapnel had exploded. The battle had begun.
Quote examples
Alan Menken
American Musician
When 'Newsies' first came out, it just crash-landed with a thud; it won a Razzie for worst song of the year, and I felt such embarrassment. Fast-forward, and it's a hit on Broadway, and I win a Tony for the score!
Quote examples
Ronnie Wood
English Musician
I heard this massive thud. I spun around, and there Keith was, on the ground. He'd cut his gums up on impact, he was very bloody, and clutching his head. I think it was a kind of wake-up call for him.
Quote examples
Jessie Cave
English Actress
Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.
Quote examples
John Barrow
American Politician
One moment you appear to be riding the crest of a wave, only to have the rug pulled away from you, bringing you back down to earth with a sickening thud.
Quote examples
Rahm Emanuel
American Politician
Whose leadership, whose judgment, whose values do you want in the White House when that crisis lands like a thud on the Oval Office desk?
Quote examples
James Herriot
British Writer
I became a connoisseur of that nasty thud a manuscript makes when it comes through the letter box.
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Billy Beane
American Athlete
Smaller markets teams, when you hit bottom, you hit with a thud.
Quote examples
Elizabeth Taylor
English Actress
I fell off my pink cloud with a thud.
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