Meaning
To punch or hit hard with the fist — to land a heavy, solid blow. To 'tump' someone is to thump them, and to 'tump dung' is to knock them to the ground; a person left 'tump-up' is one badly beaten and bruised. It sits with 'bax', 'cuff', and 'lick' in the everyday Jamaican vocabulary of blows, and it comes up in accounts of fights and in warnings before one starts.
Examples
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Him tump di bwoy inna him chest.
He punched the boy in his chest.
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One tump an him drop.
One punch and he fell down.
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Nuh mek mi tump yuh.
Don't make me punch you.
Origin
From English 'thump' (a heavy blow), with the 'th' hardened to 't' in Jamaican.
How it’s used
A heavy fist blow, close to 'bax' and 'lick'. 'Tump-up' can describe someone badly beaten and bruised.