In a thudding way; making a thudding sound. / (figuratively) In a dull, predictable manner.

(c. 460 BCE – c. 395 BCE) A great ancient Greek historian and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BCE war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 BCE.

(mathematics) One of the earlier theorems leading to Roth's theorem (a Diophantine approximation to algebraic numbers), establishing an exponent d/2+1+ε.

plural of Thucydidean

(idiomatic) An adventure or active endeavor that is characterized by (often humorous) errors.

(US, military, dated slang) Republic F-105 Thunderchief jet ground attack fighter.

plural of Thud

Alternative form of Thucydidean

The idea that when an emerging power threatens to replace a great power violent conflict becomes more likely.

someone hired to perform possibly illegal and lethal duties resembling thuggery