Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for THUMP
THUMP, n. [It. thombo.]
A heavy blow given with any thing that is thick, as with a club or the fist, or with a heavy hammer, or with the breech of a gun. The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler.
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