thud

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From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: приглушен звук от падане (priglušen zvuk ot padane) — the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: žuch — the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: žuchnutí — the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: zadunění — the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: bouchnutí — the sound of a dull impact
• Danish: bump — the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: tömähdys — the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: jysähdys — the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: mätkähdys — the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: jymähdys — the sound of a dull impact
• French: martèlement — the sound of a dull impact
• German: Bollern — the sound of a dull impact
• German: dumpfer Knall — the sound of a dull impact
• Ancient Greek: δοῦπος (doûpos) — the sound of a dull impact
• Icelandic: dynkur — the sound of a dull impact
• Irish: tuairt — the sound of a dull impact
• Irish: trost — the sound of a dull impact
• Italian: tonfo — the sound of a dull impact
• Japanese: ドスンと言う (dosunto iu) — the sound of a dull impact
• Macedonian: тап звук (tap zvuk) — the sound of a dull impact
• Macedonian: тре́сок (trésok) — the sound of a dull impact
• Malagasy: ngodongodona — the sound of a dull impact
• Malay: دبق — the sound of a dull impact
• Malay: لبق — the sound of a dull impact
• Malay: debak — the sound of a dull impact
• Malay: lebak — the sound of a dull impact
• Māori: ngahoa — the sound of a dull impact
• Māori: takuru — the sound of a dull impact
• Occitan: bomb — the sound of a dull impact
• Occitan: bombe — the sound of a dull impact
• Polish: tąpnięcie — the sound of a dull impact
• Polish: łomot — the sound of a dull impact
• Portuguese: baque — the sound of a dull impact
• Romanian: bufnitură — the sound of a dull impact
• Russian: глухо́й звук (gluxój zvuk) — the sound of a dull impact
• Serbo-Croatian: mukao zvuk — the sound of a dull impact
• Spanish: golpe sordo — the sound of a dull impact
• Swedish: duns — the sound of a dull impact
• Turkish: güm — the sound of a dull impact
• Turkish: pat — the sound of a dull impact
• Vietnamese: ịch — the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: žuchnout — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: bouchnout — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Czech: zadunět — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: tömähtää — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: jysähtää — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: mätkähtää — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Finnish: jymähtää — to make the sound of a dull impact
• French: marteler — to make the sound of a dull impact
• German: bollern — to make the sound of a dull impact
• German: stampfen — to make the sound of a dull impact
• German: dumpf knallen — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Ancient Greek: δουπέω (doupéō) — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Māori: hapuru — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Māori: ngahoa — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Occitan: bombar — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Polish: łomotać — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Polish: walić — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Polish: stąpać — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Spanish: darse un batacazo — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Turkish: gümlemek — to make the sound of a dull impact
• Turkish: güm etmek — to make the sound of a dull impact