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From each one of them rose separate columns of smoke, meeting in a pall overhead, and through the smoke came stabbing flashes of fire as German shells burst with thudding shocks of sound. This was the front line of battle.
Philip Gibbs

Meaning of "thudding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THUDDING

thudding  [ˈθʌdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THUDDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thudding is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THUDDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of thudding in the English dictionary

The definition of thudding in the dictionary is repetitive thuds or dull heavy sounds.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THUDDING


according
əˈkɔːdɪŋ
adding
ˈædɪŋ
budding
ˈbʌdɪŋ
building
ˈbɪldɪŋ
debudding
ˌdiːˈbʌdɪŋ
ending
ˈɛndɪŋ
finding
ˈfaɪndɪŋ
flooding
ˈflʌdɪŋ
holding
ˈhəʊldɪŋ
including
ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ
leading
ˈliːdɪŋ
loading
ˈləʊdɪŋ
outstanding
ˌaʊtˈstændɪŋ
pending
ˈpɛndɪŋ
providing
prəˈvaɪdɪŋ
reading
ˈriːdɪŋ
recording
rɪˈkɔːdɪŋ
regarding
rɪˈɡɑːdɪŋ
scudding
ˈskʌdɪŋ
studding
ˈstʌdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THUDDING

thud
thudded
thuddingly
thug
thuggee
thuggery
thuggish
thuggism
thuggo
thuja
Thule
thulia
thulite
thulium
thumb
thumb drive
thumb index
thumb knot
thumb one´s nose at
thumb piano

WORDS THAT END LIKE THUDDING

bedding
bidding
cladding
competitive bidding
double wedding
embedding
forbidding
kidding
modding
nodding
padding
pudding
Redding
shedding
shredding
sledding
sodding
Spalding
wedding
white wedding
Yorkshire pudding

Synonyms and antonyms of thudding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THUDDING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thudding» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of thudding
clonk · clump · clunk · crash · knock · smack · thump · wallop

Translation of «thudding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THUDDING

Find out the translation of thudding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thudding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thudding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

thudding
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sordo
570 millions of speakers

English

thudding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

thudding
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإرتطام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глухим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

thudding
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

thudding
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sourd
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggelegak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

thudding
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

thudding
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

철퍼덕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thudding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thudding
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

thudding
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थडिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pat pat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sordo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dudnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глухим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bufnind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

thudding
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bonsende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

thudding
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

thudding
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thudding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THUDDING»

The term «thudding» is regularly used and occupies the 65.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THUDDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thudding

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QUOTES WITH «THUDDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thudding.
1
Philip Gibbs
From each one of them rose separate columns of smoke, meeting in a pall overhead, and through the smoke came stabbing flashes of fire as German shells burst with thudding shocks of sound. This was the front line of battle.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THUDDING»

Discover the use of thudding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thudding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Yowie! Terror in the Clouds
“Go on with your story.” Julie eagerly requested Paul. “Anyway the girl was fast asleep in the front seat, when she was suddenly awoken by a repeating thudding noise. She sat up, looked out the front window, saw only the gloomy rain hitting ...
Cody Craig, 2003
2
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan
What is that blister onyour arm? v 1 [A] giving a thudding sound. Naglagtub ang batu sa íyang bukubuku, The stone bouncedoffhis back witha thud. 2a[B;c1] getto be cooked in ahalf done manner. Lagtúba(ilagtub) pagsugba ang atay,Broil the ...
John U. Wolff
3
The In-between of Writing: Experience and Experiment in ...
The bird "thudded" into his pond (never mind that thudding probably cannot take place in the air), and the letter "thudded" onto his doorstep. Just after the second " thudded," we learn that Anthony's heart has just nearly thudded to a stop, that ...
Eleanor Honig Skoller, 1993
4
Perspective of Matter
As Perseverance sank deeper, the turbulence created by the thudding appeared to resonate with the structure of the ship. Planks of timber came away from the decking. Some of the hollow cannons cracked under the stresses caused by the ...
David C. Fletcher, 2009
5
"The Small Space of a Pause": Susan Howe's Poetry and the ...
Some of these repetitions are exact as in mirroring, words or phrases re- peated exactly in succession:“Wicket-gate / wicket-gate” (EOT, 23);“What / what” (EOT, 24); “down / down” (EOT, 27); “Salty sea thudding / salty sea thudding” (EOT, 53).
Elisabeth W. Joyce, 2010
6
Let Slip the Dogs of Love: Suburban Legends Of The Living ...
Eugene Kachmarsky. thought he'd noted a faint but rhythmic thudding coming from deep in the forest. Felt, rather than heard. There it was again. As he focused on it, the thudding started to grow louder and felt like it was getting closer. Quickly .
Eugene Kachmarsky, 2011
7
The Best of Joseph Cowley: An Anthology
At Rise: The play opens on a deserted stage. Presently we hear thudding noise ofilstage left. The door on right hursts open and ]EPP, the dwarfser— vant, runs into the room and dives heneath the tahle. HE pulls the tahle— cloth close to hide  ...
Joseph Cowley, 2006
8
Trees Without Wind: A Novel
He doesn'tfeel coldorhungry, doesn'tknowif it'slightor dark, orthat UncleChuandeng is sawingwood forhim,that Erheiisdigging, thudding,or that Kugen'r and Iarecutting millet stalks. UncleGimpy can'tsee,knows nothing,can' tsay anything— ...
Rui Li, 2013
9
The Whole Business with Kiffo and the Pitbull
From within, there is a dull thudding, as regular as a metronome. You stand for a while, hesitant. Is anyone there?' you ask, but there is no reply. The thudding continues. You enter the darkness of the toilets. Your heart is hammering in your flat ...
Barry Jonsberg, 2004
10
The Story We Find Ourselves in: Further adventures of a new ...
CHAPTER. 5. Honking. and. Thudding. NEO AND KERRY LEFT THE SHORE and began to ascend the volcano's lower slope. In the Galápagos Islands, the lower elevations are arid; the higher you go, the more rain falls, often in the form of ...
Brian McLaren, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THUDDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thudding is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Gene Collier: Nowhere to hide as sun, thudding pads dominate …
At 3 p.m., with the earth fully heated, the Unity Township lawn called Chuck Noll Field was transmitting into the datasphere 88 degrees, but the atmosphere ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Who's Next? Boxer Sergey Kovalev Is Running out of Victims at …
Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs), the WBA, IBF and WBO light heavyweight champion, is the scariest man in boxing, a thudding power puncher who can turn out ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
3
Soccer frenzy comes to downtown Colorado Springs
Pounding, thudding, screaming, sighing - so went the wave of emotions in Jack Quinn's bar on Sunday night as a red, white and blue bedecked crowd hung on ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
4
2 recent Maryland high school grads die after car smashes into tree
In one fleeting moment, the 18-year-old driver lost control of the vehicle. It veered into a driveway, vaulting into the air and thudding into a tree. It struck another ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
5
David Lemieux Wins IBF Middleweight Title In Thriller Against N'Dam
With his purple trunks and stalking, Dempseyesque style, he just kept moving forward and thudding, moving forward and thudding. It was a battle of heart against ... «BoxingInsider.com, Jun 15»
6
The Pirates of Penzance (London Coliseum)
While G&S purists will be in clover, a wider audience may be nettled by the stodginess of a production whose thudding lack of wit recalls the dying days of ... «WhatsOnStage.com, May 15»
7
Terence Corcoran: Corporate harassment
Certain legal requirements are fulfilled, the CEO reviews the corporation's affairs with great flair or thudding dullness, depending on personality. Questions are ... «Financial Post, Apr 15»
8
Mexicans hold N. Korean freighter over U.N. weapons sanctions
... Mu Du Bong was riding high in the water when the vessel slammed into a coral reef in Mexican waters in the Gulf of Mexico last July 14, thudding to a halt. «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Apr 15»
9
Insider: IU's tourney hopes muddy after thudding loss
EVANSTON, Ill. -- It took four months and 29 games, but we finally found the answer to the question of what happens when Indiana's shooting dries up. «Indianapolis Star, Feb 15»
10
Martin Murray: GGG has thudding power, can't remember second …
Martin Murray put in an admirable performance yesterday in a loss to Gennady Golovkin. Here he talks about the defeat with Fight Hub TV. Tweet Share on ... «Bad Left Hook, Feb 15»

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