THUMPING

humongous, banging, thumping, whopping, walloping

(adjective) (used informally) very large; “a thumping loss”

thump, thumping, clump, clunk, thud

(noun) a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

thumping (comparative more thumping, superlative most thumping)

(informal) Exceptional in some degree.

Noun

thumping (countable and uncountable, plural thumpings)

A dull, heavy sound.

A beating.

(sports) A heavy defeat.

Synonyms

• (heavy defeat): thrashing

Verb

thumping

present participle of thump

Source: Wiktionary

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Thump"ing, a.

Definition: Heavy; large. [Colloq.]

THUMP

Thump, n. Etym: [Probably of imitative origin; perhaps influenced by dump, v.t.]

1. The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like. The distant forge's swinging thump profound. Wordsworth. With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one. Coleridge.

2. A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall. The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock. Tatler.

Thump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Thumping.]

Definition: To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound. These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. Shak.

Thump, v. i.

Definition: To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound. A watchman at midnight thumps with his pole. Swift.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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