thump

Etymology

Mid 16th century, probably imitative.

noun

1. A blow that produces a muffled sound.
   ... and so the universal thump is passed round, and all hands should rub each other’s shoulder-blades, and be content. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 1
2. The sound of such a blow; a thud.
3. (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
   Where the thump have you been?!

verb

1. (transitive) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
   Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit. January 19, 2011, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1-3 Arsenal”, in BBC
2. (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.
   The cat thumped its tail in irritation.
3. (intransitive) To thud or pound.
4. (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
   Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee. 2013-06-29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55
   Dance music thumped from the nightclub entrance.