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单词 thumping
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thumpingn.

Brit. /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈθəmpɪŋ/
Etymology: < thump v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of thump v. in various senses; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily
thumping?1577
thuddinga1813
twatting1963
?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing 136 They daunce with..monstrous thumping of the feete.
1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 84 Leaping Dolphins, with the thumping of their tails, loosened the planks.
1722 in Boulton Amusem. Old London (1901) I. 29 She may expect a good thumping.
1862 B. Taylor Poet's Jrnl. ii. Autumnal Dreams The drowsy air is startled With the thumping of the flail.
1892 J. A. Symonds Life Michelangelo (1899) I. v. ii. 187 He was cast forth..with good round kicks and thumpings.

Compounds

thumping-board n. 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.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > board across back of keys
thumping-board1879
thumper1906
1879 Organ Voicing i. 6 The thumping-board or damper, assists to keep the keys level.
1881 W. E. Dickson Pract. Organ-building viii. 114 A heavy damper or ‘thumping-board’ should be laid across the key-board.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

thumpingadj.

Etymology: < thump v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumping.
1. That thumps, in various senses; beating; banging; throbbing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [adjective] > striking heavily
thumping1581
thumpatory1693
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxvii. 106 The tumbling Cybistike, the thumping Pugillate, the buffeting Cestus.
a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Fij To scape the furie of their thumping beakes.
1859 Habits Good Society vi. 234 The loud, thumping style [of playing the piano] should be avoided.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 916 In slim, long-chested youths..a thumping or uncovered heart may well be mistaken for a hypertrophy.
2. figurative (colloquial). Of striking size, extent, or amount; exceptionally large or heavy; huge, ‘whacking’, ‘whopping’: cf. bouncing adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > very great
swappingc1440
bumping1566
thumping1576
swingeinga1592
knocking1598
gigantical1604
gigantine1605
gigantean1611
gigantal?1614
thundering1618
whoppinga1625
humming1654
rapping1657
whisking1673
threshing1707
sousing1735
nation1765
heroic1785
runaway1790
spanking1791
gigantic1797
whacking1797
cracking1834
ringing1834
bouncing1842
walloping1847
stavingc1850
banging1864
howling1865
whooping1866
smacking1888
God almighty1913
Christ almighty1961
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > exceptionally large of its kind
gurta1400
swappingc1440
swappit?a1513
strongc1540
thwacking1567
thumping1576
bouncing1579
swingeinga1592
whoppinga1625
rapping1657
spankinga1666
whisking1673
swagging1731
skelping?a1786
whacking1797
slapping1825
plumping1832
walloping1847
slashing1854
smacking1888
plonking1896
sollicking1946
1576 A. Fleming tr. J. L. Vives in Panoplie Epist. 402 He vseth great and thumping words.
a1669 H. Foulis Hist. Romish Treasons (1671) i. iv. 30 The thumping commendations of their Saints.
1719 T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth II. 48 Strong Wine, and thumping Glasses.
1815 He must be Married iii. i, in New Brit. Theatre IV. 268 A house-full of great, thumping, rosy-cheeked, boys and girls.
1826 W. E. Andrews Crit. & Hist. Rev. Fox's Bk. Martyrs II. 270 This is a thumping lie.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes II. xvii. 168 Let us console that martyr..with thumping damages.
1865 Sir S. Northcote in Daily News 29 May 3 Producing sensational effects by the utterance of what I may call good, stout, thumping lies.
1902 C. G. Harper Holyhead Road II. 94 The electors returned both himself and the other Conservative candidate by thumping majorities.

Derivatives

ˈthumpingly adv. (a) literal; (b) colloquial very, exceedingly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [adverb] > heavily
thumpingly1693
slam1726
bash1833
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely
hugelyc1380
huge1508
enormly1538
monstruously?1548
massively1550
monstrously1602
a worlda1616
hugeouslya1643
immensely1654
vastly1664
swingingly1668
hugeous1673
gigantically1678
vast1688
swingeing1690
thumpingly1693
enormously1695
pancratically1727
immense1754
colossally1809
whooping1866
monumentally1877
pyramidically1886
pyramidally1891
galactically1968
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very
tooc888
swith971
wellOE
wellOE
fullOE
rightc1175
muchc1225
wellac1275
gainlya1375
endlyc1440
hard?1440
very1448
odda1500
great1535
jolly1549
fellc1600
veryvery1649
gooda1655
vastly1664
strange1667
bloody1676
ever so1686
heartily1727
real1771
precious1775
quarely1805
murry1818
très1819
freely1820
powerfula1822
gurt1824
almighty1830
heap1832
all-fired1833
gradely1850
real1856
bonny1857
heavens1858
veddy1859
canny1867
some1867
oh-so1881
storming1883
spanking1886
socking1896
hefty1898
velly1898
fair dinkum1904
plurry1907
Pygmalion1914
dinkum1915
beaucoup1918
dirty1920
molto1923
snorting1924
honking1929
hellishing1931
thumpingly1948
way1965
mega1966
mondo1968
seriously1970
totally1972
mucho1978
stonking1990
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. ix. 77 If I did not..thumpingly bethwack her Gillets.
1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 211/1 [He] gripped my hand—Shook it thumpingly.
1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 11 Nov. 3 There was a thumpingly false assumption made about the American farmer.
1977 Times 17 Feb. 8/5 A book of thumpingly high entertainment value.
1983 Notes & Queries 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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