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How to pronounce thud in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crump, scrunch
Type of crunch, scranch, crackle, scraunch
Type Words
Synonyms thump
Type of sound, go


the knocker thudded against the front door.
Type Words
Synonyms clump, clunk, thump, thumping
Type of sound
Type Words
Type of strike, collide with, hit, impinge on, run into


Bullets were thudding against the wall.

Examples of thud

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St. Louis won its final five games, while Colorado ended the season with a thud.
From the kentucky.com
White urged the fighters to get going as the third round teetered toward a thud.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Had nightingales sung back then over the whine of bullets and thud of artillery?
From the independent.co.uk
It's the kind of thud-and-blunder stuff you'll have seen a million times before.
From the guardian.co.uk
Regardless, don't be surprised if this group comes back to the pack with a thud.
From the bostonherald.com
It is the heavy thud of a huge Godzilla Kangaroo stomping across the landscape.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Sometimes the thud of artillery was so loud it shook buildings across the city.
From the guardian.co.uk
Dancers in tunics fringed with bells stepped and skipped to the thud of a drum.
From the ocregister.com
When it opened on Broadway, it landed with a thud, closing after 73 performances.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • Make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door"
  • Thump: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
  • Crump: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
  • Thud! is Terry Pratchett's 34th Discworld novel, released in the United States of America on September 13, 2005, the United Kingdom on 1 October 2005. Thud! was released in the U.S. three weeks before it was released in Pratchett's native UK, to coincide with a United States signing tour. ...
  • Thud is Kevin Gilbert's debut album as a solo artist.
  • The fictional universe of the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett features a number of invented games, some of which have gone on to spawn real-world variants.
  • The sound of a dull impact; Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter, after the sound it makes when it crashed into the North Vietnamese countryside, due to its high rate of loss; To make the sound of a dull impact
  • (Thuds) Term for beanbags coined by More Balls Than Most, named after the sound the beanbags made when dropped to the floor.
  • To make a loud intermittent noise.