thudding

thud  (thd)

n.

1. A dull sound, as that of a heavy object striking a solid surface.

2. A blow or fall causing such a sound.

intr.v. thud·ded, thud·ding, thuds

To make a heavy, dull sound.

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[Perhaps from Middle English thudden, to strike with a weapon, from Old English thyddan, of imitative origin.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

thudding - not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets" dull nonresonant, unreverberant - not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate