tub-thump

[tuhb-thuhmp]

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verb (used without object) Informal.

to promote something or express opinions vociferously.

Related formstub-thump·er, noun

tub-thumper

[tuhb-thuhm-per]

noun

a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.

Origin of tub-thumper

First recorded in 1655–65

Related formstub-thump·ing, noun, adjective

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Related Words for tub-thumping

declamation, elocution, oratory, rhetoric, speaking, tub-thumping

Examples from the Web for tub-thumping

Contemporary Examples of tub-thumping

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

Historical Examples of tub-thumping

Here was no tub-thumping soothsayer, but an inspired zealot.
Simon the Jester
William J. Locke
"He does not waste his breath in tub-thumping," said one, looking reverently at the sealed figure.
First and Last
H. Belloc
"I didn't ask you here to listen to me tub-thumping," George began apologetically, when we were alone.
Sonia Married
Stephen McKenna

British Dictionary definitions for tub-thumping

tub-thumping

adjective

(of a speech or speaker) noisy, violent, or ranting

noun

noisy, violent, or ranting public speaking

tub-thumper

noun

a noisy, violent, or ranting public speaker

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