different between thump vs tremble
thump
English
Etymology
Probably imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
thump (plural thumps)
- A blow that produces a muffled sound.
- December 24, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 111
- The watchman gave so very great a thump at my door last night, that I awakened at the knock.
- December 24, 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (pseudonym for Richard Steele or (in some later numbers of the journal) Joseph Addison), The Tatler No. 111
- The sound of such a blow; a thud.
- (dated, colloquial, euphemistic) Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
- Where the thump have you been?!
Translations
Verb
thump (third-person singular simple present thumps, present participle thumping, simple past and past participle thumped)
- (transitive) To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
- (transitive) To cause to make a thumping sound.
- The cat thumped its tail in irritation.
- (intransitive) To thud or pound.
- (intransitive) To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
Translations
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tremble
English
Etymology
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trambler and its variants, from Vulgar Latin tremul?, a derivative of Classical Latin trem?; cf. also tremulus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??mbl?/
- Hyphenation: trem?ble
Verb
tremble (third-person singular simple present trembles, present participle trembling, simple past and past participle trembled)
- (intransitive) To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To fear; to be afraid.
Translations
Noun
tremble (plural trembles)
- A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Translations
Related terms
- tremor
- tremulous
- tremblor
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t???bl/
Noun
tremble m (plural trembles)
- aspen
Verb
tremble
- first-person singular present indicative of trembler
- third-person singular present indicative of trembler
- first-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
- third-person singular present subjunctive of trembler
- second-person singular imperative of trembler
Further reading
- “tremble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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