thumping

1 of 2

adjective

thump·ing ˈthəm-piŋ How to pronounce thumping (audio)

: impressively large, great, or excellent

a thumping majority

thumpingly adverb

thumping

2 of 2

adverb

: very, extremely

a thumping good time

Synonyms

Adverb

achingly
almighty
archly
awful
awfully
badly
beastly
blisteringly
bone
colossally
corking
cracking
damn
damned
dang
deadly
desperately
eminently
enormously
especially
ever
exceedingly
exceeding
extra
extremely
fabulously
fantastically
far
fiercely
filthy
frightfully
full
greatly
heavily
highly
hugely
immensely
incredibly
intensely
jolly
majorly
mightily
mighty
monstrous [chiefly dialect]
mortally
most
much
particularly
passing
rattling
real
really
right
roaring
roaringly
seriously
severely
so
sore
sorely
spanking
specially
stinking
such
super
supremely
surpassingly
terribly
that
too
unco
uncommonly
vastly
very
vitally
way
whacking
wicked
wildly

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Adjective He told a thumping lie. Adverb That was a thumping great story she told. We had a thumping good time.

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Results Friday confirmed that Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a thumping majority in Britain’s general election.

Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019 What better way to combine a travel bucket list destination than with the thumping vibrations of soca music?

Anquanette Gaspard, Essence, 30 Dec. 2019 After a disastrous first debate in June, when Harris delivered a thumping denunciation of his record on race, Biden appeared somewhat more sure-footed during a July debate in Detroit.

BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019 For all the thumping energy, the music has a touch of stiff irony reminiscent of Shostakovich.

New York Times, 13 July 2018 During a recent visit, one sound technician repeatedly played a scene featuring a flaming arrow shot seemingly over the audience's head, making sure the thumping impact sounds had just the right quiver.

Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018 Beginning with Leslie Grace trilling along to the beat, the song switches between Korean and Spanish, and throws in a few English phrases for good measure, as the tune builds to the swaying titular refrain and a thumping dance break.

Tamar Herman, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2018 Featuring an electronic, trap-like sound bed powered by lush synths and a thumping bass line, Mir -- in his melodic rap-sing flow -- brushes off people who claim to be his friend, but as his star continues to rise, turn out to be opportunists.

Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2018 The thumping bass line cuts out abruptly and the soundtrack is replaced with the ratchet-like chorus of crickets.

Evan Lubofsky, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2017 See More

thumping 1 of 3

adverb

as in damn

to a great degree wrote several thumping big books on World War II

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

damn
damned
extremely
very
terribly
incredibly
too
badly
jolly
full
roaring
that
desperately
rattling
so
highly
whacking
cracking
real
wildly
severely
really
super
mighty
seriously
far
passing
heavily
exceeding
especially
intensely
spanking
much
stinking
fiercely
greatly
most
sore
way
filthy
such
wicked
almighty
particularly
bone
good and
awful
exceptionally
dang
extra
awfully
monstrous
deadly
corking
fantastically
absolutely
beastly
exceedingly
a lot
achingly
fabulously
specially
immensely
hugely
supremely
roaringly
unco
frightfully
uncommonly
eminently
totally
vitally
utterly
thoroughly
blisteringly
mortally
sorely
surpassingly
archly
remarkably
positively
mightily
completely
enormously
right
deeply
vastly
majorly
as all get-out
visibly
ever
entirely
downright
noticeably
colossally
significantly
wholly
considerably
fully
purely
notably
radically
substantially
obviously
profoundly
discernibly
palpably
flat-out
markedly
extensively
plainly
altogether
obscenely
excessively
plentifully
appreciably
monumentally
grandly
monstrously
abundantly
astonishingly
astronomically
overmuch
staggeringly
amazingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

little
slightly
somewhat
nominally
just
barely
negligibly
hardly
scarcely
marginally
scantily
minimally
meagerly

thumping

2 of 3

noun

as in pounding

Synonyms & Similar Words

pounding
hammering
thrashing
beating
smashing
pummeling
whipping
bludgeoning
walloping
bashing
battering
drubbing
flogging
belting
clubbing
mauling
pummelling
licking
attack
assault
pelting
socking
paddling
whaling
buffeting
cudgeling
cudgelling
batting
tromping
hurt
injury
harm
onslaught
detriment
damage
battery
riot
shock
lacing
frenzy
revolt
threat
terror
pommelling
impairment
fury
rampage
turbulence
rupture
upheaval
pommeling
paroxysm
outrage
tumult
rage
outbreak
bulldozing
uproar
savagery
browbeating
brutality
hectoring
barbarity
storm
bullying
violence
foul play
crippling
mayhem
maiming
mutilation
strong-arming
force

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

pacifism
pacificism
nonviolence

thumping

3 of 3

verb

present participle of thump

as in banging

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

banging
smacking
slapping
knocking
pounding
slamming
hitting
punching
clapping
whacking
striking
cracking
clipping
swiping
hammering
kicking
tapping
bashing
batting
bopping
thwacking
jabbing
bludgeoning
nailing
clobbering
bobbing
pushing
shoving
walloping
flicking
poking
licking
swatting
slugging
smiting
zapping
bumping
rapping
belting
chopping
boxing
stabbing
bonking
socking
busting
slogging
stroking
clocking
biffing
beating
clouting
whaling
pummeling
pasting
tagging
battering
mauling
drubbing
pummelling
peppering
mangling
scuffing
stamping
slashing
lashing
thrashing
hanging one on
pelting
whipping
jostling
buffeting
dumping
prodding
cuffing
lambasting
butting
flailing
roughing
bunging
clubbing
flogging
bunting
pommelling
switching
creaming
kneeing
spearing
felling
sapping
lacing
pommeling
sledgehammering
flooring
knocking down
decking
cudgeling
caning
conking
cudgelling
sucker punching
leveling
skulling
sledging
braining
levelling
rabbit-punching
beaning
bowling (down or over)

as in licking

to strike repeatedly playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat

Synonyms & Similar Words

pounding
licking
beating
lashing
whipping
hiding
knocking
slapping
battering
smashing
slamming
hitting
pelting
punching
attacking
hammering
spanking
thrashing
pummeling
doing
mauling
smacking
bashing
bludgeoning
batting
chopping
assaulting
whacking
walloping
drubbing
clubbing
pummelling
storming
belting
flogging
paddling
whupping
slogging
switching
whopping
raiding
whapping
buffeting
thwacking
cracking
whaling
working over
punching out
lambasting
swiping
lathering
boxing
tromping
tanning
threshing
slating
currying
fibbing
basting
beating up on
clobbering
birching
rushing
pommelling
belaboring
swatting
wounding
lacing
pommeling
strapping
whomping
socking
bunging up
lamming
busting
assailing
whamming
pasting
clouting
cudgeling
cuffing
messing (up)
cudgelling
roughing (up)
lacerating
laying on
caning
flagellating
leathering
besetting
scourging
mangling
goring
maiming
pistol-whipping
blackjacking
horsewhipping
mutilating
descending (on or upon)
fustigating
jumping (on)
pouncing (on or upon)
cowhiding
rawhiding

单词	thumping
释义	thumping 1 of 2 adjective thump·ing ˈthəm-piŋ : impressively large, great, or excellent a thumping majority thumpingly adverb thumping 2 of 2 adverb : very, extremely a thumping good time Synonyms Adverb achingly almighty archly awful awfully badly beastly blisteringly bone colossally corking cracking damn damned dang deadly desperately eminently enormously especially ever exceedingly exceeding extra extremely fabulously fantastically far fiercely filthy frightfully full greatly heavily highly hugely immensely incredibly intensely jolly majorly mightily mighty monstrous [chiefly dialect] mortally most much particularly passing rattling real really right roaring roaringly seriously severely so sore sorely spanking specially stinking such super supremely surpassingly terribly that too unco uncommonly vastly very vitally way whacking wicked wildly See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective He told a thumping lie. Adverb That was a thumping great story she told. We had a thumping good time. Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Results Friday confirmed that Johnson’s Conservative Party has won a thumping majority in Britain’s general election. Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2019 What better way to combine a travel bucket list destination than with the thumping vibrations of soca music? Anquanette Gaspard, Essence, 30 Dec. 2019 After a disastrous first debate in June, when Harris delivered a thumping denunciation of his record on race, Biden appeared somewhat more sure-footed during a July debate in Detroit. BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019 For all the thumping energy, the music has a touch of stiff irony reminiscent of Shostakovich. New York Times, 13 July 2018 During a recent visit, one sound technician repeatedly played a scene featuring a flaming arrow shot seemingly over the audience's head, making sure the thumping impact sounds had just the right quiver. Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018 Beginning with Leslie Grace trilling along to the beat, the song switches between Korean and Spanish, and throws in a few English phrases for good measure, as the tune builds to the swaying titular refrain and a thumping dance break. Tamar Herman, Billboard, 12 Apr. 2018 Featuring an electronic, trap-like sound bed powered by lush synths and a thumping bass line, Mir -- in his melodic rap-sing flow -- brushes off people who claim to be his friend, but as his star continues to rise, turn out to be opportunists. Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2018 The thumping bass line cuts out abruptly and the soundtrack is replaced with the ratchet-like chorus of crickets. Evan Lubofsky, Smithsonian, 23 Aug. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Adjective thumping, present participle of thump entry 1 First Known Use Adjective 1576, in the meaning defined above Adverb 1835, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing thumping chest-thumping chest-thumping thumping 1 of 3 adverb as in damn to a great degree wrote several thumping big books on World War II Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance damn damned extremely very terribly incredibly too badly jolly full roaring that desperately rattling so highly whacking cracking real wildly severely really super mighty seriously far passing heavily exceeding especially intensely spanking much stinking fiercely greatly most sore way filthy such wicked almighty particularly bone good and awful exceptionally dang extra awfully monstrous deadly corking fantastically absolutely beastly exceedingly a lot achingly fabulously specially immensely hugely supremely roaringly unco frightfully uncommonly eminently totally vitally utterly thoroughly blisteringly mortally sorely surpassingly archly remarkably positively mightily completely enormously right deeply vastly majorly as all get-out visibly ever entirely downright noticeably colossally significantly wholly considerably fully purely notably radically substantially obviously profoundly discernibly palpably flat-out markedly extensively plainly altogether obscenely excessively plentifully appreciably monumentally grandly monstrously abundantly astonishingly astronomically overmuch staggeringly amazingly Antonyms & Near Antonyms little slightly somewhat nominally just barely negligibly hardly scarcely marginally scantily minimally meagerly See More thumping 2 of 3 noun as in pounding Synonyms & Similar Words pounding hammering thrashing beating smashing pummeling whipping bludgeoning walloping bashing battering drubbing flogging belting clubbing mauling pummelling licking attack assault pelting socking paddling whaling buffeting cudgeling cudgelling batting tromping hurt injury harm onslaught detriment damage battery riot shock lacing frenzy revolt threat terror pommelling impairment fury rampage turbulence rupture upheaval pommeling paroxysm outrage tumult rage outbreak bulldozing uproar savagery browbeating brutality hectoring barbarity storm bullying violence foul play crippling mayhem maiming mutilation strong-arming force Antonyms & Near Antonyms pacifism pacificism nonviolence thumping 3 of 3 verb present participle of thump 1 as in banging to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech Synonyms & Similar Words banging smacking slapping knocking pounding slamming hitting punching clapping whacking striking cracking clipping swiping hammering kicking tapping bashing batting bopping thwacking jabbing bludgeoning nailing clobbering bobbing pushing shoving walloping flicking poking licking swatting slugging smiting zapping bumping rapping belting chopping boxing stabbing bonking socking busting slogging stroking clocking biffing beating clouting whaling pummeling pasting tagging battering mauling drubbing pummelling peppering mangling scuffing stamping slashing lashing thrashing hanging one on pelting whipping jostling buffeting dumping prodding cuffing lambasting butting flailing roughing bunging clubbing flogging bunting pommelling switching creaming kneeing spearing felling sapping lacing pommeling sledgehammering flooring knocking down decking cudgeling caning conking cudgelling sucker punching leveling skulling sledging braining levelling rabbit-punching beaning bowling (down or over) 2 as in licking to strike repeatedly playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat Synonyms & Similar Words pounding licking beating lashing whipping hiding knocking slapping battering smashing slamming hitting pelting punching attacking hammering spanking thrashing pummeling doing mauling smacking bashing bludgeoning batting chopping assaulting whacking walloping drubbing clubbing pummelling storming belting flogging paddling whupping slogging switching whopping raiding whapping buffeting thwacking cracking whaling working over punching out lambasting swiping lathering boxing tromping tanning threshing slating currying fibbing basting beating up on clobbering birching rushing pommelling belaboring swatting wounding lacing pommeling strapping whomping socking bunging up lamming busting assailing whamming pasting clouting cudgeling cuffing messing (up) cudgelling roughing (up) lacerating laying on caning flagellating leathering besetting scourging mangling goring maiming pistol-whipping blackjacking horsewhipping mutilating descending (on or upon) fustigating jumping (on) pouncing (on or upon) cowhiding rawhiding
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thumping

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