Term: thump: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
Candidate hypernym: sound: the sudden occurrence of an audible event → 1
Candidate hypernym: symphyla: small class of minute arthropods; unimportant except for the garden centipede → 0
Candidate hypernym: hitch: a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot → 0
Candidate hypernym: impression: all the copies of a work printed at one time → 0
Candidate hypernym: anthology: a collection of selected literary passages → 0
Candidate hypernym: civil service: government workers; usually hired on the basis of competitive examinations → 0
Candidate hypernym: envelope: a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves → 0
Candidate hypernym: juror: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury → 0
Candidate hypernym: paletiology: the explanation of past events in terms of scientific causes (as geological causes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: altruism: the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others → 0
Candidate hypernym: busybody: a person who meddles in the affairs of others → 0