bethump
1Bethump — Be*thump , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
2bethump — be·thump …
3bethump — bə̇, bē+ transitive verb Etymology: be + thump : to beat or pelt soundly …
4Bethumped — Bethump Be*thump , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
5Bethumping — Bethump Be*thump , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
6Bethumpt — Bethump Be*thump , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bethumped}, or {Bethumpt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bethumping}.] To beat or thump soundly. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
7belabor — v. a. Thump, bethump, strike, knock, lay blows upon. See beat …
8beat — I. v. a. 1. Strike, knock, hit, thump, bethump, belabor, drub, maul, pommel, baste, thrash, thwack, bang, whack, pound, punch, cudgel, cane, whip, buffet, lay blows upon. 2. Hammer, forge. 3. Pound, bruise, pulverize, comminute, bray, break in… …
9dad — It cannot be known for certain when this word came into regular use, but it is recorded from the sixteenth century. From that point on, at least, it can be regarded as a piece of fossilized babylanguage, used by children of any age to address… …
