Defn: The chiff-chaff. [Prov. Eng.]
THUMMIM
Thum"mim, n. pl. Etym: [Heb., pl. of thom perfection.]
Defn: A mysterious part or decoration of the breastplate of the
Jewish high priest. See the note under Urim.
THUMP Thump, n. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v.t.]
1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a
hammer, or the like.
The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth.
With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one.
Coleridge.
2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall. The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler.
THUMP
Thump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]
Defn: To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to
cause a dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land
beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak.
THUMP
Thump, v. i.
Defn: To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow;
to pound.
A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.