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Thumped vs Thumbed - What's the difference?

thumped | thumbed |

As verbs the difference between thumped and thumbed

is that thumped is (thump) while thumbed is (thumb).

As an adjective thumbed is

(in combination) having some specific type of thumb.

thumped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (thump)

    • thump

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a blow that produces a muffled sound
  • * Tatler
    • The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
  • the sound of such a blow; a thud

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit (someone or something) as if to make a .
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • These bastard Bretons, whom our fathers / Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd .
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 19, author=Jonathan Stevenson, work=BBC
    • , title= Leeds 1-3 Arsenal , passage=Kasper Schmeichel brilliantly denied Marouane Chamakh before Bacary Sagna thumped home a second, though Bradley Johnson's screamer halved the deficit.}}
  • To thud or pound.
  • To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=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.}}

    thumbed

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (in combination) Having some specific type of thumb.
    • He was sore-thumbed after playing video games all day.

    Derived terms

    * well-thumbed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (thumb)