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thumping [ˈθʌmpɪŋ] adj
(prenominal) Slang huge or excessive a thumping loss thumpingly adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
thumping adjective (Slang) huge, massive, enormous, great, impressive, tremendous, excessive, terrific, thundering (slang), titanic, gigantic, monumental, mammoth, colossal, whopping (informal), stellar (informal), exorbitant, gargantuan, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), elephantine, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) The gloom deepened after a thumping £145 million loss. insignificant, negligible, petty, trivial, trifling, meagre, paltry, inconsequential, measly (informal), piddling (informal) Translations thumping [ˈθʌmpɪŋ] adj (British) (= whopping) [majority] → écrasant(e); [loss, defeat] → retentissant(e) elected with a thumping majority → élu(e) à une écrasante majorité thumping [ˈθʌmpɪŋ] (Brit) (fam) 1. adj a thumping headache → un mal di testa martellante thumping [ˈθʌmpɪŋ] (Brit) (fam) 1. adj a thumping headache → un mal di testa martellante How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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" said the colonel, thumping the table; "and ve must tie for our Emperor, and zen all vill pe vell. Michael sat on his haunches, the length of his lower jaw resting on Daughtry's knee, the while his eyes dilated, contracted and glowed, his ears ever pricking and repricking to listen, his stump tail thumping ecstatically on the floor. Above the muffled roar of conversation, the dismal wailings of babies at night, the thumping of feet in unseen corridors and rooms, mingled with the sound of varied hoarse shoutings in the street and the rattling of wheels over cobbles, they heard the screams of the child and the roars of the mother die away to a feeble moaning and a subdued bass muttering. |
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