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[ thuhm-ping ] / ˈθʌm pɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thumping ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, like, or pertaining to a thump. strikingly great, immense, exceptional, or impressive; resounding: a thumping victory at the polls. Origin of thumpingFirst recorded in 1570–80; thump + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM thumpingthump·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby thumpingthumb-sucker, thumbs-up, thumbtack, Thummim, thump, thumping, Thun, thunbergia, thunder, thunderation, Thunder Bay Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thumpingDixon turned on the air conditioner and radio, both full blast, to drown out the thumping. From Hero to Homeless: Tara Dixon’s Story|Paula Broadwell|July 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST “I stopped her initially, because she mischaracterized what I said about Bible thumping,” O'Reilly explained. Bill O’Reilly’s Macho Moment in On-Air Confrontation With Laura Ingraham|Lauren Ashburn|April 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST The lights went down, and a thumping remix of the disco special “Love to Love You Baby” began. Diane von Furstenberg’s Fall 2013 Show Brings Glam Rock, Seth Meyers|Isabel Wilkinson|February 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST It is as if Smilevski is demanding an encore by thumping on his own book. Goce Smilevski’s ‘Freud’s Sister’|Lauren Elkin|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Until recently, with global demand soaring for oil, gas, and minerals, thumping the tub against imperialism played well at home. After the Presidential Election, a Tough Road for Hugo Chávez|Mac Margolis|October 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST Soaker took his thumping in a way that I judged it was a custom between them. The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton It exacts from the pushing woman a thumping entrance-fee in the shape of a sumptuous concert or ball. Modern Women and What is Said of Them|Anonymous There was no tune and no words, but the thumping made him happy. The Jungle Book|Rudyard Kipling His feeble heart was thumping, for the stolen jewels were not his to return now. A Fascinating Traitor|Richard Henry Savage Her heart was thumping so that she was afraid he might hear it. The Fighting Edge|William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for thumping
adjective(prenominal) slang huge or excessivea thumping loss Derived forms of thumpingthumpingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thumpingbang, beat, blow, clout, clump, fall, flutter, hammer, hit, knock, poke, pound, pulse, rap, slap, smack, strike, throb, thwack, wallop |