THUMPER

Etymology

Noun

thumper (plural thumpers)

One who thumps.

(slang) A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.

A particular drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others' banging on a table.

(slang) Something big, such as a lie; a whopper.

(UK, rail, slang) A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s.

Source: Wiktionary


Thump"er, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, thumps.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CRAZY

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