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thudding

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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.

[Perhaps from Middle English thudden, to strike with a weapon, from Old English thyddan, of imitative origin.]
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Adj.1.thudding - not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"
nonresonant, unreverberant - not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate

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The modern steamship advances upon a still and overshadowed sea with a pulsating tremor of her frame, an occasional clang in her depths, as if she had an iron heart in her iron body; with a thudding rhythm in her progress and the regular beat of her propeller, heard afar in the night with an august and plodding sound as of the march of an inevitable future.
In the fog-filled air their voices made a thudding sound.
From all about could be heard the dull thudding of falling cocoanuts.
 
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