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   thud

   /θʌd/

   noun

   • 1. a dull, heavy sound, such as that made by an object falling to the ground: "he hit the floor with a terrific thud"

   verb

   • 1. move, fall, or strike something with a dull, heavy sound: "the bullets thudded into the dusty ground"

   Word 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.

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