thumper
UK/ˈθʌmpə/US/ˈθʌmpɚ/
thumper noun: one who thumps.
Noun
thumper (countable and uncountable, plural thumpers)
- One who thumps.
- A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.
- A drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others banging on a table.
- Something big, such as a lie; a whopper.
- A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s.
- The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).
- A short rope for beating disobedient sled dogs.
- This [argument] was about the use of the thumper to control dog teams, and perhaps the unique living conditions of a polar base caused both sides to shift from an initial disagreement to positions more extreme than the ones they would have reached in the wider world outside.2024, Lewis Juckes, Antarctic Basalt, page 414
- A strong adherent to a religion or ideology.
- But in spite of the antics of its Bible thumpers and its boobocracy, my father was unable to stay mad at the United States for long.1984, Anthony West, H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, →OL, page 126
- Putin’s closest electoral competitor is the Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov – a serial election loser. This would be his fourth defeat. Two other candidates, right-wing table thumper Vladimir Zhirinovsky and left-leaning Sergey Mironov have also run and lost spectacularly in the past.2012 February 29, Phil Black, “Putin vies for leadership of a changed Russia”, in CNN
- A track with a thumping beat.
- This late-1979 disco thumper is set to a driving beat with a memorable refrain that proved so enduring that American icon Madonna sampled it for her 2005 hit 'Hung Up', from her album Confessions on a Dance Floor.2020, Ian Cole, ABBA: Song by Song
- Synonyms:
- stomper
Proper noun capitalized: Thumper
Thumper (plural Thumpers)
- A surname.
Synonyms of thumper
Forms of thumper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thumpers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Thumpers |
Origin of thumper
From thump + -er.
Words formed from thumper
Phrases with thumper
Words that rhyme with thumper
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Questions about thumper
- What does thumper mean?
- Thumper means one who thumps.
- What part of speech is thumper?
- Thumper can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thumper?
- Thumper is pronounced /ˈθʌmpə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thumper?
- The plural of thumper is thumpers.
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