Dictionary entry

Thump (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.