hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
When your heart thumps, it beats strongly and quickly, usually because you are afraid or excited. My heart was thumping wildly but I didn't let my face show any emotion. = pound, thud see also thumping
If you thump someone, you attack them and hit them with your fist. Don't say it serves me right or I'll thump you
If you thump something somewhere or if it thumps there, it makes a loud, dull sound by hitting something else. She thumped her hand on the witness box Waiters went scurrying down the aisles, thumping down tureens of soup. paving stones and bricks which have been thumping down on police shields and helmets Thump is also a noun. There was a loud thump as the horse crashed into the van. = thud