Noun
The book hit the floor with a thud.
The ball landed with a thud.
I heard a heavy thud on the roof. Verb
The ball thudded against the side of the house.
the snowball thudded against the side of my car
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Noun
Unlike other parts of the country where the intensity of war waxes and wanes, eastern Ukraine has known no respite from the thud of artillery, the roar of missiles, and the hum of drones.—Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2025 The Orioles organization has collapsed with a deadening thud.—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2025
Verb
Neo-soul lyrics call out a toxic man as a thudding baseline hits.—Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025 The sound originally came from the Roland TR-808 drum machine, and became associated with thick, thudding kicks used in a slew of genres.—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for thud
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