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▪ I. thumping, vbl. n.|ˈθʌmpɪŋ|
[f. thump v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb thump in various senses; an instance of this.
1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 171 They daunce with..monstrous thumping of the feete. 1657Thornley tr. Longus' Daphnis & Chloe 84 Leaping Dolphins, with the thumping of their tails, loosened the planks. 1722in Boulton Amusem. Old London (1901) I. 29 She may expect a good thumping. 1862B. Taylor Poet's Jrnl. ii. Autumnal Dreams, The drowsy air is startled With the thumping of the flail. 1892Symonds M. Angelo (1899) I. v. ii. 187 He was cast forth..with good round kicks and thumpings.
b. attrib., as thumping-board, a loaded board placed across the keys of an organ just behind the part used by the fingers, to prevent an undue rising of the key when released by the finger.
1879Organ Voicing i. 6 The thumping-board or damper, assists to keep the keys level. 1881W. E. Dickson Organ-Build. viii. 114 A heavy damper or ‘thumping-board’ should be laid across the key-board.
▪ II. ˈthumping, ppl. a.
[f. thump v. + -ing2.]
1. That thumps, in various senses; beating; banging; throbbing.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxvii. (1887) 107 The tumbling Cybistike, the thumping Pugillate, the buffeting Cestus. a1597Peele David & Bethsabe iii. ii, To scape the fury of their thumping beaks. 1859Habits Gd. Soc. vi. 234 The loud, thumping style [of playing the piano] should be avoided. 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 916 In slim, long-chested youths..a thumping or uncovered heart may well be mistaken for a hypertrophy.
2. fig. (colloq.) Of striking size, extent, or amount; exceptionally large or heavy; huge, ‘whacking’, ‘whopping’: cf. bouncing ppl. a.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 402 He vseth great and thumping words. 1671H. Foulis Hist. Rom. Treasons (1681) 26 The thumping commendations of their Saints. 1719D'Urfey Pills II. 48 Strong Wine, and thumping Glasses. a1814He must be Married iii. i. in New Brit. Theatre IV. 268 A house-full of great, thumping, rosy-cheeked, boys and girls. 1826W. E. Andrews Crit. Rev. Fox's Bk. Mart. II. 270 This is a thumping lie. 1855Thackeray Newcomes lv, Let us console that martyr..with thumping damages. 1865Sir S. Northcote in Daily News 29 May 3 Producing sensational effects by the utterance of what I may call good, stout, thumping lies. 1902C. G. Harper Holyhead Road II. 94 The electors returned both himself and the other Conservative candidate by thumping majorities.
Hence ˈthumpingly adv. (a) lit.; (b) colloq., very, exceedingly.
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. ix. 77 If I did not..thumpingly bethwack her Gillets. 1923Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 211/1 [He] gripped my hand—Shook it thumpingly. 1948Manch. Guardian Weekly 11 Nov. 3 There was a thumpingly false assumption made about the American farmer. 1977Times 17 Feb. 8/5 A book of thumpingly high entertainment value. 1983N. & Q. Feb. 85/2 Even the thumpingly main statement of the last couplet of Spenser's ‘tradefull Merchants’ sonnet can be regarded as a mere gesture. |