thumping

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thumping

/ˈθʌmpɪŋ/

adjective more thumping · most thumping

informal Exceptional in some degree.

adverb more thumping · most thumping

informal Exceptionally. Very. A thumping good wizard you'll be, I'm sure.

noun thumpings

countable, uncountable A dull, heavy sound. They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a vigorous gallopade[.]
countable, uncountable A beating. He received a thumping from the school bully.
countable, uncountable A heavy defeat. Grant's future has been the subject of rumour after rumour for much of the season and last week's horrific 5-0 thumping at Newcastle was the catalyst for another round of fevered speculation.
Similar: thrashing

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of thump

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: whopping, large, humongous, walloping, big, dull, clump, clunk, thud, thudding, nonresonant, unreverberant, banging, shtupping, whacking, pounding

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@misc{thumping_2026,
  title = {thumping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thumping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}