Thud : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Thud	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Thud
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thud n a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects) Synonym(s): thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud v make a dull sound; "the knocker thudded against the front door" Synonym(s): thud, thump strike with a dull sound; "Bullets were thudding against the wall" make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants Synonym(s): crump, thud, scrunch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thud \Thud\, v. i. & t. To make, or strike so as to make, a dull sound, or thud. Hardly the softest thudding of velvety pads. --A. C. Doyle. The waves break into spray, dash and rumble and thud below your feet. --H. F. Brown.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thud \Thud\ (th[ucr]d), n. [Cf. AS. [thorn][d3]den a whirlwind, violent wind, or E. thump.] A dull sound without resonance, like that produced by striking with, or striking against, some comparatively soft substance; also, the stroke or blow producing such sound; as, the thrud of a cannon ball striking the earth. At every new thud of the blast, a sob arose. --Jeffrey. At intervals there came some tremendous thud on the side of the steamer. --C. Mackay.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
thud n. 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was `foo', `bar', `thud', `blat'. 2. Rare term for the hash character, `#' (ASCII 0100011). See {ASCII} for other synonyms.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
thud 1. Yet another {metasyntactic variable} (see {foo}). It is reported that at {CMU} from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat". 2. Rare term for the hash character, "#" (ASCII 35). See {ASCII} for other synonyms. [{Jargon File}]