What's the proper way to describe hitting the bottom of a staff of rod against the ground?

I mean like when a king or something orders silence, he has the staff and/or rod in his hand and hits it against the ground, making the loud clap or boom to get everybody's attention.

"Quiet!" shouted the old Man, thumping his walking-stick on the ground in front of him.

From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thump:

Thump:

transitive verb

1: to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound

2: POUND, KNOCK

3: WHIP, THRASH

4: to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner —usually used with outthumped out a tune on the piano

intransitive verb

1a: to inflict a thump

b: to make or move with a thumping sound

And its corresponding noun, the sound that is produced when the staff, sceptre, etc. is thumped is:

thump

 noun

Definition of thump (Entry 2 of 2)

: a blow or knock with or as if with something blunt or heavy also : the sound made by such a blow

I am no grammarian but I would use 'strike' as it implies an attempt to show authority.