thudding
noun
[ ˈθʌdɪŋ ]
• the action of moving, falling, or striking something with a dull, heavy sound.
• "he heard the hollow thudding of hooves"
thudding
adjective
• used to emphasize the clumsiness or awkwardness of something, especially a remark.
• "great thudding conversation-stoppers"
thud
verb
• move, fall, or strike something with a dull, heavy sound.
• "the bullets thudded into the dusty ground"
Similar:
thump,
clunk,
clonk,
crash,
smash,
smack,
bang,
thunder,
stomp,
stamp,
clump,
clomp,
wham,
whump,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally Scots): probably from Old English thyddan ‘to thrust, push’; related to thoden ‘violent wind’. The noun is recorded first denoting a sudden blast or gust of wind, later the sound of a thunderclap, whence a dull, heavy sound. The verb dates from the early 16th century.
