The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word THUMP which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2014.
Hitting sound crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| THUMP | 25 % | 5 |
| THWACK | 25 % | 6 |
| SPLAT | 13 % | 5 |
| THUD | 13 % | 4 |
| WHAP | 13 % | 4 |
| BAM | 13 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Hitting sound
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- clap
- clapboard
- clapper
- clapping
- applaud
- egotistical
- applause
- spat
- tabby
- tick
- remote access
- ticking
Crossword Answer definitions
THUMP noun- A blow that produces a muffled sound.
- The sound of such a blow; a thud.
- Used to replace the vulgar or blasphemous element in "what the hell" and similar phrases.
- To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
- To cause to make a thumping sound.
- To thud or pound.
- To throb with a muffled rhythmic sound.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result THUMP
- Heavy knock
- Thrash severely
- Pound
- Loud blow
- Stethoscope sound
- Check, as a cantaloupe
- Check a melon, say
- Heavy blow
- Soundly defeat
- Big blow
More clues leading to the result THWACK
- Sound of a hit
- Hit with a paddle
- Hitting sound
- Bang.
- Heavy blow.
- Wallop
- Impact noise
- Sound of a sharp blow
- Pummel
- Sharp impact sound
More clues leading to the result SPLAT
- Fly-swatter sound
- Pie-in-the-face sound
- Snowball impact sound
- Sound at a water balloon toss
- Sound that follows "Oops"
- Liquidy thud
- Sound of a fly's demise
- Chair back
- Pie fight sound
- Waterballoon sound
More clues leading to the result THUD
- Fall sound
- Dull sound
- Plop
- Collapsing sound
- The sound a tree makes when it falls in a forest and no one is around
- Bad gag's impact
- Muffled crash sound
- Sound of a heavy landing
- Shot-put sound
- Nickname for the Vietnam War's F-105 fighter plane
More clues leading to the result WHAP
- Slap sound
- Fly-swatting sound
- Smacking sound
- Hit hard
- Flyswatter sound
- Hitting sound
- Sound of a blow
- Hard-hitting sound
- Sock
- Larrup