See Also: thump(2)(dictionary)
thump(1)(dictionary)
thump 1, verb(dictionary)
thump 2, noun(dictionary)
nile(medicine)
Nile(dictionary)
Nile(dictionary)
White Nile(dictionary)
Blue Nile(dictionary)
Nile blue A(medicine)

thump 1, verb (oh) and Nile (oh)


thump 1, verb (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From the sound]
[T] informal to hit someone very hard with your hand closed
::If you don't shut up, I'm going to thump you!
::She thumped the table with her fist.
[I,T always + adverb/preposition] to hit against something loudly
::His feet thumped loudly on the bare boards.
::He thumped his cup down on the table.
[I always + adverb/preposition] to walk or run with your feet making a loud heavy sound as they touch the ground
::Stella came thumping down the stairs.
[I] if your heart thumps, it beats very strongly and quickly because you are frightened or excited
::My heart was thumping inside my chest.

Nile (oh)



the Nile
a river in northeast Africa, the longest river in the world, whose water is used for most of the farming in Egypt and Sudan. It is formed from two rivers: the Blue Nile, which starts in Ethiopia, and the White Nile, which starts in Uganda. The two rivers join in Sudan, and flow north into the Mediterranean Sea.