how to pronounce thud

/θʌd/

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thud is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of thud in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… then a large thud when he hit the bottom …”

meanings of thud

noun:

The sound of a dull impact.
Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.

verb:

To make the sound of a dull impact.

thud frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word thud occurs in english on average 2.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics thud can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that thud can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;