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tub-thumper

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tub-thump (tbthmp)
intr.v. tub-thumped, tub-thump·ing, tub-thumps Slang
To argue for or promote something vigorously: "is tub-thumping for a six-month limit on the legislative session" (David Nyhan).

tub-thumper n.

tub-thumper
n
a noisy, violent, or ranting public speaker
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tub-thumper - a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speakertub-thumper - a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker - a person who delivers a speech or oration
Translations
tub-thumper [ˈtʌbˌθʌmpəʳ] N (Brit) (fig) → orador m demagógico


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We Rock: Drum King (Wii) AH, the tub-thumper, the stickman, the heartbeat of every good rock band, often the forgotten member of the band.
He wrote popular tub-thumpers for his own performance and two of them appear here, Introduction et Variations Brilliantes and the Grand Variations on Rule Britannia, which must have gone down a bomb in Hastings when first heard there.
It's little wonder that so few people bother to turn out at local elections when we are 'rewarded' with posturing, posing tub-thumpers whose sole aim is to play party politics to the bemusement of us all.
 
 
 
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