thrump
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of thrump
First recorded in 1870–75; imitative
Example Sentences
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As the show starts, guitars throb, drums thrump.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the thrump of three car doors, Kathy was suddenly and definitively alone.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Young was conscious of a dull crunching "thrump."
From The Adventures of a Freshman by Williams, Jesse Lynch
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