Library / English Dictionary

THUMPING

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

Synonyms:

clump; clunk; thud; thump; thumping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("thumping" is a kind of...):

sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)

Derivation:

thump (make a dull sound)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

(used informally) very large

Example:

a thumping loss

Synonyms:

banging; humongous; thumping; walloping; whopping

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 III. (verb) 

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-ing form of the verb thump

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