piano-thumpingn.

Brit.

/pɪˈanəʊˌθʌmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/piˈænoʊˌθəmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.², thumping n.

Etymology: < piano n.² + thumping n. Compare earlier piano-thumping adj.

The action or practice of playing the piano loudly, or in an insensitive or heavy-handed manner. Also (colloquial): piano-playing generally.

ΚΠ

1882 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 5 Jan. 7/6 A daughter..whose piano thumping can be heard all over the neighbourhood.

1895 Overland Monthly May 551/2 After an interval of piano thumping,..the whole ‘mise en scene’ is removed to Florida.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 4/3 In these days of universal piano-thumping.

1951 R. F. Rattray Bernard Shaw 46 His piano-thumping and the fecklessness it implied drove her, when she could bear it no longer, to another part of the house.

1995 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. a9/6 Starr's driving drums, McCartney's insistent piano thumping, and Harrison's swelling guitar arpeggios.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

piano-thumpingadj.

Brit.

/pɪˈanəʊˌθʌmpɪŋ/, U.S.

/piˈænoʊˌθəmpɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.², thumping adj.

Etymology: < piano n.² + thumping adj.

Chiefly colloquial.

Of a person: that plays the piano, esp. loudly or insensitively.

ΚΠ

1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 629/1 Twenty other domestic accomplishments, so rare and so useful, yet so despised, among the piano-thumping, novel-reading, and tight-lacing misses of these days.

1929 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 22 Oct. 12/6 He became one of the East Side's piano thumping kids.

1944 Lima (Ohio) News 22 July 1/1 The 60-year-old piano-thumping senator..beat Henry A. Wallace to the second place nomination.

1981 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 22 Oct. a4/1 Presley's doctor..is on trial..[for] overprescribing addictive drugs for Presley, piano-thumping singer Jerry Lee Lewis, himself and eight others.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	piano-thumping
释义	piano-thumpingn. Brit. /pɪˈanəʊˌθʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /piˈænoʊˌθəmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.², thumping n. Etymology: < piano n.² + thumping n. Compare earlier piano-thumping adj. The action or practice of playing the piano loudly, or in an insensitive or heavy-handed manner. Also (colloquial): piano-playing generally. ΚΠ 1882 Freeborn County Standard (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 5 Jan. 7/6 A daughter..whose piano thumping can be heard all over the neighbourhood. 1895 Overland Monthly May 551/2 After an interval of piano thumping,..the whole ‘mise en scene’ is removed to Florida. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 4/3 In these days of universal piano-thumping. 1951 R. F. Rattray Bernard Shaw 46 His piano-thumping and the fecklessness it implied drove her, when she could bear it no longer, to another part of the house. 1995 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 22 Nov. a9/6 Starr's driving drums, McCartney's insistent piano thumping, and Harrison's swelling guitar arpeggios. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). piano-thumpingadj. Brit. /pɪˈanəʊˌθʌmpɪŋ/, U.S. /piˈænoʊˌθəmpɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: piano n.², thumping adj. Etymology: < piano n.² + thumping adj. Chiefly colloquial. Of a person: that plays the piano, esp. loudly or insensitively. ΚΠ 1840 Southern Literary Messenger 6 629/1 Twenty other domestic accomplishments, so rare and so useful, yet so despised, among the piano-thumping, novel-reading, and tight-lacing misses of these days. 1929 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 22 Oct. 12/6 He became one of the East Side's piano thumping kids. 1944 Lima (Ohio) News 22 July 1/1 The 60-year-old piano-thumping senator..beat Henry A. Wallace to the second place nomination. 1981 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 22 Oct. a4/1 Presley's doctor..is on trial..[for] overprescribing addictive drugs for Presley, piano-thumping singer Jerry Lee Lewis, himself and eight others. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882adj.1840
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