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thumping

[ thuhm-ping ]

adjective

  1. of, like, or pertaining to a thump.
  2. strikingly great, immense, exceptional, or impressive; resounding:

    a thumping victory at the polls.



thumping

/ ˈθʌmpɪŋ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    prenominal huge or excessive

    a thumping loss

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈthumpingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • thumping·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thumping1

First recorded in 1570–80; thump + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

The xx’s Romy Madley Croft finds a solution for anxiety and self-doubt on this thumping, compassionate club banger: What if she looked at her life through the eyes of a benevolent mother?

The weekend went by in a blur of impassioned readings, thumping bass lines, and scents carried on the ocean breeze: a full sensory explosion.

“Fire,” partly as a consequence, has an entire, thumping movement called “Protest.”

His heart was thumping so hard he couldn't think straight.

The event also made noise with a thumping closing night that literally reverberated across the city.

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