MEANING
Hit or fall against something with a deep, blunt impact sound.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- boots thud
- door thuds shut
On the page
The door thudded shut behind the last visitor.
Word forms
- Base
- thud
- Past tense
- thuded
- Past participle
- thuded
- Present participle
- thuding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- thud
- Present continuous
- am/is/are thuding
- Present perfect
- have/has thuded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been thuding
- Past
- thuded
- Past continuous
- was/were thuding
- Past perfect
- had thuded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been thuding
- Future
- will thud
- Future continuous
- will be thuding
- Future perfect
- will have thuded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been thuding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: thud; thuds; thuded; thuded; thuding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: thuds.
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