thumping

[ thuhm-ping ]

/ ˈθʌm pɪŋ /

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adjective

of, like, or pertaining to a thump.

strikingly great, immense, exceptional, or impressive; resounding: a thumping victory at the polls.

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Origin of thumping

First recorded in 1570–80; thump + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM thumping

thump·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby thumping

thumb-sucker, thumbs-up, thumbtack, Thummim, thump, thumping, Thun, thunbergia, thunder, thunderation, Thunder Bay

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How to use thumping in a sentence

With about a minute left in the first half of the Arizona Cardinals’ Week 4 thumping of the Los Angeles Rams, Kyler Murray showed off.
Kyler Murray Is A Human Highlight Reel|Robert O'Connell|October 26, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
I lived on a quiet street near a beach and would open a window to listen for the telltale thumping of waves.
Ocean Lovers, This Little-Known Book from the Sixties Is Required Reading|jversteegh|October 25, 2021|Outside Online
Mitchell put together a memorable March Madness for the Baylor Bears that culminated in a thumping of Kispert’s Bulldogs.
NBA Teams Love Young Lottery Picks. These 3 ‘Old’ Players Might Change Their Minds.|Santul Nerkar (santul.nerkar@abc.com)|July 28, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Last year, the team’s Turkey Day thumping of the Cowboys sparked a December run to capture the NFC East crown, but this season, it gets the Monday night slot after the holiday against Seattle.
Washington’s schedule includes three prime-time games and matchups with Chiefs and Bucs|Sam Fortier|May 13, 2021|Washington Post

The margin was almost identical to last month’s 41-24 loss at Alabama and a bit better than last year’s 37-10 thumping at the hands of LSU in the SEC title game.
College football winners and losers for Week 10: Florida is fun again and Georgia is done|Patrick Stevens|November 8, 2020|Washington Post
Bible-thumping Louisiana Sen. David Vitter was outed as a john for the “D.C. Madam” in 2007.
‘7th Heaven’ Dad Stephen Collins and the Christian Right’s Real Morality Tale|Amanda Marcotte|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a time when the bigoted, Bible-thumping crowd ran roughshod over D.C. Now, not so much.
Sympathy for the Devils: Scenes From the Social Conservative Collapse|Olivia Nuzzi|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I also wanted to ask you about the chest-thumping scene in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Matthew McConaughey Discusses His Golden Globe Victory, ‘True Detective,’ and More|Marlow Stern|January 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His “bible thumping” takes him away from Portland often, to cities as far as D.C. and New Orleans.
The Hipster Fred Phelps|Mary Emily O’Hara|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
These day he engages the political world with tub-thumping opinion columns in the Spanish daily El Pais.
The Politics of Literature: An interview with Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa|Michael Moynihan|October 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She paused for a fraction of a second, while his heart went thumping against his ribs.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
Oh, the wildness of that sound—and the thumping of the heart of the hunter, and the breathless suspense, and the burning desire.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
And my heart began thumping until I feared its beating would be audible at a distance.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
But the least thinking of him sufficed to set her heart to thumping again; and so she shrunk from that train of thought.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
The men were all at their dinner, when I heard the boat thumping under the main channels.
Newton Forster|Captain Frederick Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for thumping

thumping

/ (ˈθʌmpɪŋ) /

adjective

(prenominal) slang huge or excessivea thumping loss

Derived forms of thumping

thumpingly, adverb

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