thud

Etymology

From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”) .

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈθʌd/
• Rhymes: -ʌd

Noun

thud (plural thuds)

1. The sound of a dull impact.
   • 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)‎:

     Ramos had locked Salah’s right arm and turned him, judo-style, as they lost balance going for the same ball. Television replays hardened the suspicion it was a calculated move on Ramos’s part and, when Salah landed with a hell of a thud, the damage was considerable.

   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 3

     These were but the thoughts of a second, but the voices were nearer, and I heard a dull thud far up the passage, and knew that a man had jumped down from the churchyard into the hole.

2. (US, military, dated slang) Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.

Verb

thud (third-person singular simple present thuds, present participle thudding, simple past and past participle thudded)

1. To make the sound of a dull impact.
   • H. F. Brown

     The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet.

Verb

thud

1. change

Etymology

Probably from Sanskrit दुग्ध (dugdhá, “milk”). Compare Hindi दूध (dūdha, “milk”) and Punjabi ਦੁੱਧ (dudhdh, “milk”).

Noun

thud m

1. milk

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /θɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /θiːd/

Noun

thud

1. Aspirate mutation of tud.

Mutation