\Thump\, n. [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps
influenced by dump, v.t.]
1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body,
   as of a hammer, or the like.
         The distant forge's swinging thump profound.
                                               --Wordsworth.
         With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped
         down, one by one.                     --Coleridge.
2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy
   fall.
         The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that
         I awaked at the knock.                --Tatler.

\Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thumping}.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to
cause a dull sound.
      These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their
      own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped.    --Shak.

\Thump\, v. i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy
blow; to pound.
      A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. --Swift.