THUDDED Synonyms

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• shaped or worked with a hammer and often showing hammer marks

• (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming

• (British informal) exhausted or worn out

• a vigorous blow

• a sudden very loud noise

• a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a conspicuous success

• directly

• strike violently

• to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive sound

• close violently

• move noisily

• have sexual intercourse with

• leap, jerk, bang

• a lump on the body caused by a blow

• something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

• an impact (as from a collision)

• knock against with force or violence

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

• to enjoy some music greatly

• to play music at loud volume

• be incompatible; be or come into conflict

• cause to collide

• crash together with violent impact

• a loud resonant repeating noise

• a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles)

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• the act of colliding with something

• (computer science) an event that causes a computer system to become inoperative

• fall or come down violently

• move with, or as if with, a crashing noise

• undergo damage or destruction on impact

• move violently as through a barrier

• break violently or noisily; smash

• occupy, usually uninvited

• make a sudden loud sound

• enter uninvited; informal

• cause to crash

• hurl or thrust violently

• undergo a sudden and severe downturn

• stop operating

• sleep in a convenient place

• United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

• 16 ounces avoirdupois

• the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

• the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

• formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

• the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

• the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

• a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

• a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

• a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• move heavily or clumsily

• move rhythmically

• partition off into compartments

• shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

• place or shut up in a pound

• break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

• street names for heroin

• an enthusiastic kiss

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• deliver a hard blow to

• have an element suggestive (of something)

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste

• kiss lightly

• press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• a heavy blow with the hand

• move rhythmically

• make a dull sound

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• a heavy blow with the hand

• move rhythmically

• make a dull sound

• hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

• a grouping of a number of similar things

• a compact mass

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

• come together as in a cluster or flock

• walk clumsily

• gather or cause to gather into a cluster

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

• make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

• bombard with heavy shells

• explode heavily or with a loud dull noise

• fall heavily

• set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

• a hollow twanging sound

• (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

• with a short hollow thud

• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

• set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

• drop steeply

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• a crunching noise

• make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

• sit on one's heels

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

• (used informally) very large