thud

UK: /ˈθʌd/ US: /θʌd/ ,(thud)

Inflections of 'thud' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

thuds

v 3rd person singular

thudding

v pres p

thudded

v past

thudded

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

thud /θʌd/   n., v., thud•ded, thud•ding. 
n. [countable]

1. a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall:
   The bag of groceries fell to the floor with a thud.

v. [no object]

2. to strike or fall with a thud.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

thud (thud),  n., v., thud•ded, thud•ding. 

n. 

1. a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
2. a blow causing such a sound.

v.i. 

3. to strike or fall with a dull sound of heavy impact.

• 1505–15; imitative; compare Middle English thudden, Old English thyddan to strike, press

thud′ding•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

thud / θʌd/ noun

1. a dull heavy sound
2. a blow or fall that causes such a sound

verb (thuds, thudding, thudded)

1. to make or cause to make such a sound

Etymology: Old English thyddan to strike; related to thoddettan to beat, perhaps of imitative origin