tub-thump
[tuhb-thuhmp]
verb (used without object) Informal.
to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
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tub-thumper
[tuhb-thuhm-per]
noun
Origin of tub-thumper
First recorded in 1655–65
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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEAST"I didn't ask you here to listen to me tub-thumping," George began apologetically, when we were alone.
Sonia Married|Stephen McKenna"He does not waste his breath in tub-thumping," said one, looking reverently at the sealed figure.
First and Last|H. BellocHere was no tub-thumping soothsayer, but an inspired zealot.
Simon the Jester|William J. Locke
tub-thumping
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tub-thumper
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