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ladrone, Australian, bushranger, bravo, brigand; picaroon, rogue, (in India and Burma) dacoit.
3. assassin, murderer, killer, slayer, sniper; strangler, cutthroat, garroter; liquidator, Euph. silencer, Euph. dispatcher: All U.S. SI. gun, hired gun, hit man, hatchet man, triggerman, torpedo.

thumb, n. 1. pollex, Fr. pouce.
-v. 2. (of a book) skim, scan, run through, glance at or over, browse, leaf through, riffle through.
3. hitchhike, hitch, thumb or hook or bum a ride, get a lift.

thump, n. 1. blow, knock, rap, SI. sock, SI. bop, slap, rap, thwack, smack, whack.
2. thud, wham, SI. pow, SI. kerpow, SI. clunk.
-v. 3. beat, cudgel, club, bastinado, bat, cane, birch, switch; hit, strike, thwack, whack, smack, SI. bop, wham, Inf. slug; pommel, drub, batter, beat up.
4. pound, trudge, tread, slog, plod.

thumping, adj. 1. resounding, echoing, banging, clanging; dull, heavy.
2. Informal, huge, colossal, enormous, great, immense, tremendous; gigantic, giant, gargantuan, mammoth, titanic; monumental, towering, impressive, fantastic; exceptional, unusual, extraordinary, striking, uncommon, singular, Inf. terrific, wonderful; All Inf. whacking, whopping, walloping, thundering, super-duper.

thunder, n. 1. thundering, thundercrack, thunderclap; rumbling, rumble, roll, boom, roar, loud noise; crack, crash, blast; detonation, explosion, discharge. -v. 2. rumble, roll, boom, resound, reverberate; crash, crack, blast; detonate, explode, discharge.
3. fulminate against, denounce, denunciate, imprecate, curse, execrate, swear at; threaten, menace, intimidate; bellow, roar, shout, yell; bark, snarl, growl.

thunderbolt, n. 1. thunderstroke, thunderclap, thundercrack; fulguration, lightning, lightning bolt.
2. blow, shock, surprise, eyeopener, bolt out of the blue.

thunderstruck, adj. dumfounded, astounded, astonished, amazed, Inf. flabbergasted, taken aback, floored, Inf. bowled over, open-mouthed, agape; stunned, shocked, startled, surprised, disconcerted, dazed, speechless, dumb, numb, paralyzed, frozen, petrified, incapacitated, aghast; confused, disoriented, baffled, confounded, nonplused, perplexed, bewildered, Inf. flummoxed; Inf. shaken, SI. shook, Inf. caught up short, Inf. caught off guard, Inf. thrown for a loss, SI. knocked for a loop.

thus, adv. 1. in this way, in this fashion, in this manner, in this wise, as follows, so, Latin, sic, thus and so.
2. therefore, consequently, as a result, in which case, hence, whence, thence, wherefore, ergo, accordingly, then, taking that into consideration; that being so, for that reason, on that account.
3. as an example, for example, for instance.

thwack, v. 1. hit, strike, smite, Inf. whack, smack, slap, Australian, ding; cuff, buffet, knock, punch, box, Scot. dunt, Inf. slug, Inf. wallop, Inf. crown, SI. conk, Dial, hit [s.o.] upside the head, SI. bash, SI. plug, SI. belt; beat, batter, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, pelt, SI. paste, SI. lay into, SI. let [s.o.] have it, Archaic, belabor; spank, Brit. Dial. yerk, Inf. tan [s.o.'s] hide, Inf. trim, Inf. thump, Inf lace, Inf. lambaste, Inf. whale, SI. whomp; rap, fillip, cane.
-n. 2. hit, strike, Inf. whack, smack, slap, Inf clout; blow, Archaic, dint, stroke, bastinado, punch, box, knockout, Inf. wallop, Inf. whomp, Inf. thump, SI. conk, SI. bash, U.S. SI. biff, SI. bop; rap, tap, fillip, cuff, buffet, box on the ear. thwart, v. 1. frustrate, foil, balk, check, stop, abort; oppose, cross, contravene, Scot. thraw; defeat, undo, outmaneuver; prevent, preclude, obstruct, block, circumvent; intercept, interpose, intervene, interfere, impede, hinder, hamper; spoil, mar, blight, scotch, SI. screw up, Inf. short-circuit; restrain, restrict, inhibit; detain, delay, retard, forestall; nullify, obviate, cancel, render null and void, neutralize.