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thud

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1.thud - Yet another metasyntactic variable (see foo). It is reported that at CMU from the mid-1970s the canonical series of these was "foo", "bar", "thud", "blat".
2.thud - Rare term for the hash character, "#" (ASCII 35). See ASCII for other synonyms.


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The next two obstacles, the water course and the barrier, were easily crossed, but Vronsky began to hear the snorting and thud of Gladiator closer upon him.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Thud, thud, we could hear the impact of their great heads, and their bellowing shook the pans on the kitchen shelves.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Into the stillness came the repeated heavy thud of guns, one, two, a pause, then three in quick succession.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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