ทุบ

Explanation

The core image of ทุบ is a heavy, forceful blow delivered with a fist, hammer, stick, or similar object. It may describe the act of striking itself or include the resulting crushing, cracking, or destruction. In cooking, it is used for pounding ingredients such as garlic until they are crushed. With a wall or building as its object, it can mean to knock down or demolish it. The pattern ทุบ + object + ให้ + result states the condition produced by the pounding, as in ทุบกระเทียมให้แหลก, “pound the garlic until crushed.” With ถูก, as in ถูกทุบ, it indicates that something or someone has suffered a forceful blow or has been smashed. The same image extends to common figurative expressions such as ทุบสถิติ, “smash a record.”

Usage

It is commonly used when pounding food ingredients, working with a hammer, striking a table or door in anger, or describing smashed glass and demolished walls or buildings. It also appears figuratively in sports coverage about broken records and in advertising for steep price cuts.

Caution

This word is too strong for a light tap. Use เคาะประตู for an ordinary knock on a door and ตบไหล่ for a light pat on the shoulder. When the object is a person, ทุบ suggests serious violence; ทุบตี in particular means to beat or physically assault someone.

1 pound synonyms

• กระแทก

  krathɛ̂ɛk hit

  กระแทก focuses on a forceful collision or on slamming one thing against another. ทุบ typically involves deliberately bringing a fist or tool down hard on a target.

• ตี

  tii hit

  ตี is a broad verb for hitting or striking. ทุบ more strongly suggests a heavy, forceful blow, often one that crushes or deforms the object.

2 smash synonyms

• ทำลาย

  thamlaay destroy

  ทำลาย is a general verb meaning to destroy, regardless of method. ทุบ specifically suggests destruction caused by heavy blows.

• รื้อ

  rʉ́ʉ dismantle

  รื้อ means to dismantle or remove a structure and does not necessarily involve striking it. ทุบ evokes breaking it with forceful blows and can mean demolishing a building.

3 smash (a record) synonyms

• ทำลายสถิติ

  ทำลายสถิติ is also a standard expression for breaking a record. ทุบสถิติ has the more vivid sense of smashing a record and sounds especially forceful in sports reporting.

• ลดราคา

  lót raakhaa lower the price

  ลดราคา is the neutral, general expression for reducing a price. ทุบราคา emphasizes a drastic cut and often has a promotional tone.