单词 | table-thumping |
释义 | table-thumpingn. The action or an act of loudly and repeatedly banging one's fist on a table, esp. while speaking; (figurative) the expression of opinions in a loud or aggressive manner; tub-thumping. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > loud or vociferous oratory Boanergy1778 table-thumping1839 ponging1854 Boanergism1861 tub-thumping1888 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying daunta1400 dauntingc1400 fear1426 discomfort1512 discouraging1578 appalement1579 browbeating1581 appall1598 huffing1600 appaling1603 appalment1611 disheartening1619 intimidation1658 hectorism1672 bullying1680 bullocking1715 huff1773 bullyism1821 disheartenment1830 table-thumping1839 bulldozing1876 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking heavily > and resoundingly bouncing1582 thundering1592 banging1647 table-thumping1839 1839 Lady Lytton Cheveley (U.S. ed.) II. xvii. 256 Hear! hear! hear! great table thumping, and several glasses broken. 1852 G. A. Sala in Househ. Words 20 May 253/2 The foreigner can take his glass..with as much pleasure as the true Briton; although, perhaps, with somewhat more moderation, and less table-thumping. 1918 M. W. Tyler in W. S. Davis et al. Roots of War xix. 411 Had Germany decided to open diplomatic negotiations with England she could probably have secured the latter's aid against such a contingency without this undue exhibition of table-thumping. 1964 A. Battersby Network Anal. ix. 137 The Esso team..do claim with confidence that resources are utilized more effectively than before,..and that, in general, there is less table-thumping. 1991 Gay Times Mar. 9/1 Two police officers..used ‘table-thumping and intimidatory techniques’ to get men to confess. 2002 A. Fleishman New Class Culture i. 19 With all the table thumping of the ‘moral majority’, the prevailing attitude toward most behaviors is ‘live and let live’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). table-thumpingadj. Of a person: engaging in table-thumping, esp. loud or aggressive in the expression of opinions; (of words, speech, etc.) characterized by table-thumping; loud, aggressive, and opinionated. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [adjective] > lecturing or declamatory declamatory1581 spouting1630 haranguing1708 lecturing1797 preachy1819 table-thumping1908 1908 J. K. Jerome Angel & Author xiv. 179 These poor, pale-faced spooks, these dull-witted, table-thumping spirits: it would be sad to think that of such was the kingdom of the Dead. 1920 G. Frank in Cent. Mag. June 214/2 We are beginning to realize that diplomacy is not a table-thumping drama in which a band of supermen evolve world policies. 1963 Time 2 Aug. 17/2 The changeover from Stalin, the ‘oriental despot’, to Khruschev, the table-thumping but jolly politician. 1991 Daily Express 1 June 8/5 The Japanese, traditionally the table-thumping hawks at IWC, have been subdued in Reykjavik. 2001 Times 2 Apr. i. 22/4 The table-thumping rhetoric you will hear today is all about the election. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839adj.1908 |
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