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单词 thumping
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Definition of thumping in English:

thumping

adjectiveˈθʌmpɪŋˈθəmpɪŋ
  • 1attributive Pounding or throbbing in a heavy, continuous way.

    the thumping beat of her heart
    thumping basslines
    a thumping headache
  • 2informal attributive Of an impressive size, extent, or amount.

    a thumping 64 per cent majority
    as submodifier a thumping great lie
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So, after all that, it's a thumping victory for good old Ceefax.
    • Kate Winslet, the emphatically English rose of British cinema, is a trouper, a ruddy good sport, a thumping great head prefect of common sense and hockey-sticks jollity.
    • The overwhelming majority of the population - a thumping 94 per cent - exchange presents.
    • In 1997 the Conservative majority was a thumping 11,600.
    • The heck with dissonance, what's the German for ‘gigantic thumping irony?’
    • Well, I'm sure that the British forces are ‘doing a thumping good job’ - I'm less certain that there's any end in sight.
    • Pat Stephenson's heroes became the first side to bring the Tetley's Bitter Vase to North Yorkshire with a thumping 36-20 triumph.
    • It is significant that, while the portraits of the Laird's children were of a modest scale, costing only a guinea each, those of Big Alastair and the piper came in at a thumping five pounds.
    • And to pretend otherwise is simply a loud, thumping, brazen LIE.
    • Yet the evidence gathers each year like a thumping great storm cloud, complete with warning bolts of lightning.
    • Richmond run machine Ben Griffiths plundered 184 runs to help his side to a thumping 117 run victory over Barnes on Saturday in Middlesex League Division One.
    • The acquisition of LF Brian Giles does more than give the Padres a thumping lineup.
    • Now I just feel like a thumping huge disappointment to myself.
    • It is a rarity among Washington-insider memoirs - it's a thumping good read.
    • City fans' quest for glory in the Worthington Fives national five-a-side supporters' competition came to a thumping end in the quarter-finals.
    • Data released last Friday on American non-farm payroll employment showed a thumping rise of 211,000 in March against expectations of a rise to 190,000.
    • But this year, when precisely the same measure came up for a required second vote, it was defeated by a thumping margin of 157 to 39.
    • Congratulations Boris, I'm delighted you retained your seat with a thumping majority.
    • They had contributed in votes to Narendra Modi and were flush with his thumping victory.
    • In one area, by the council's own admission, a thumping 70 per cent of homes are eschewing wheelie bins.
    Synonyms
    enormous, huge, massive, vast, very great, tremendous, substantial, goodly, prodigious, gigantic, giant, terrific, fantastic, colossal, immense, mammoth, monumental, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, mountainous, monstrous
    emphatic, roaring, decisive, conclusive, striking, impressive, outstanding, unmistakable, notable, noteworthy, memorable, remarkable, extraordinary, resounding, phenomenal
    complete, unqualified, out-and-out, thorough
    informal whopping, whopping great, thundering, mega, jumbo, humongous, monster, astronomical, dirty great, rip-roaring
    British informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous
    extremely, very, really, thoroughly, exceedingly, immensely, incredibly, amazingly, remarkably, exceptionally, uncommonly, extraordinarily, perfectly, truly, simply, positive, positively, downright
    Scottish unco
    French très
    informal terrifically, tremendously, seriously, majorly, dreadfully, terribly, awfully, fearfully, screamingly, thundering, right, ultra, mega, mucho, stonking, socking, oh-so, madly
    British informal damn, damned, blasted, flaming, confoundedly, jolly, hellish, bloody, blooming, dead, well, dirty
    North American informal real, mighty, awful, powerful, way, bitching
    South African informal lekker
    informal, dated devilish, frightfully, dashed
    vulgar slang fucking, frigging
    archaic exceeding, thrice

Derivatives

  • thumpingly

  • adverb
    • Once I would have thought the point above too thumpingly obvious to need making.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This Cabernet Sauvignon from the Medoc wine-producing district of Bordeaux is very dry and thumpingly oaky, yet delicate.
      • He woke at 7am, perspiring profusely and with the same headache as the night before, only thumpingly worse.
      • In order to get a car as thumpingly big as a Terracan to cost as little as £18,495, you would, I assumed, have to cut a few corners.
      • The Japanese had just as thumpingly ejected the U.S. from the Philippines, and had actually occupied American soil in Alaska for most of a year.
      • How can he, who is to letter-writing as Ernie Wise was to play - writing, think that the newspaper reader is at all interested in his thumpingly boring opinions on every subject under the sun?
 
 

Definition of thumping in US English:

thumping

adjectiveˈθəmpɪŋˈTHəmpiNG
  • 1Pounding or throbbing in a heavy, continuous way.

    the thumping beat of her heart
    thumping basslines
    a thumping headache
  • 2informal Of an impressive size, extent, or amount.

    a thumping 64 percent majority
    as submodifier a thumping great lie
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In one area, by the council's own admission, a thumping 70 per cent of homes are eschewing wheelie bins.
    • Now I just feel like a thumping huge disappointment to myself.
    • The acquisition of LF Brian Giles does more than give the Padres a thumping lineup.
    • Data released last Friday on American non-farm payroll employment showed a thumping rise of 211,000 in March against expectations of a rise to 190,000.
    • In 1997 the Conservative majority was a thumping 11,600.
    • They had contributed in votes to Narendra Modi and were flush with his thumping victory.
    • And to pretend otherwise is simply a loud, thumping, brazen LIE.
    • It is significant that, while the portraits of the Laird's children were of a modest scale, costing only a guinea each, those of Big Alastair and the piper came in at a thumping five pounds.
    • Well, I'm sure that the British forces are ‘doing a thumping good job’ - I'm less certain that there's any end in sight.
    • But this year, when precisely the same measure came up for a required second vote, it was defeated by a thumping margin of 157 to 39.
    • Pat Stephenson's heroes became the first side to bring the Tetley's Bitter Vase to North Yorkshire with a thumping 36-20 triumph.
    • Richmond run machine Ben Griffiths plundered 184 runs to help his side to a thumping 117 run victory over Barnes on Saturday in Middlesex League Division One.
    • The heck with dissonance, what's the German for ‘gigantic thumping irony?’
    • Kate Winslet, the emphatically English rose of British cinema, is a trouper, a ruddy good sport, a thumping great head prefect of common sense and hockey-sticks jollity.
    • Yet the evidence gathers each year like a thumping great storm cloud, complete with warning bolts of lightning.
    • So, after all that, it's a thumping victory for good old Ceefax.
    • City fans' quest for glory in the Worthington Fives national five-a-side supporters' competition came to a thumping end in the quarter-finals.
    • The overwhelming majority of the population - a thumping 94 per cent - exchange presents.
    • It is a rarity among Washington-insider memoirs - it's a thumping good read.
    • Congratulations Boris, I'm delighted you retained your seat with a thumping majority.
    Synonyms
    enormous, huge, massive, vast, very great, tremendous, substantial, goodly, prodigious, gigantic, giant, terrific, fantastic, colossal, immense, mammoth, monumental, stupendous, gargantuan, elephantine, titanic, mountainous, monstrous
    extremely, very, really, thoroughly, exceedingly, immensely, incredibly, amazingly, remarkably, exceptionally, uncommonly, extraordinarily, perfectly, truly, simply, positive, positively, downright
 
 
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