The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the
knock.
Tatler.
Thump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.] To
strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull
sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten,
bobbed, and thumped.
Shak.
Thump, v. i. To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy
blow; to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole.
Swift.
Thump"er (?), n. One who, or that which, thumps.