thumping
/ˈθʌmpɪŋ/
thumping adjective: exceptional in some degree. Also the present participle and gerund of thump.
Adjective
thumping (comparative more thumping, superlative most thumping)
- Exceptional in some degree.
Adverb
thumping (comparative more thumping, superlative most thumping)
- Exceptionally. Very.
- A thumping good wizard you'll be, I'm sure.
Noun
thumping (countable and uncountable, plural thumpings)
- A dull, heavy sound.
- They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a vigorous gallopade[.]1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 28
- There was nothing to be seen, but he could hear loud thumpings and bumpings which seemed to come from the back of the house.1941, Gladys Mitchell, When Last I Died
- A beating.
- He received a thumping from the school bully.
- And in our times, in Philadelphia, there have been specimens of violent shruggings of the shoulders, and brachial twitches, and prodigious wry faces, and thumpings on the pews.1824, William Craig Brownlee, A careful and free inquiry into the true nature and tendency of the religious principles of the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers
- A heavy defeat.
- Grant's future has been the subject of rumour after rumour for much of the season and last week's horrific 5-0 thumping at Newcastle was the catalyst for another round of fevered speculation.2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC
- Synonyms:
- thrashing
Also used as
thumping is also the present participle and gerund of thump.
thumping meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi
thumping in Hindi
- थंपिंग
thumping in Urdu
- تھمپنگ
thumping in Bengali
- থাম্পিং
thumping in Punjabi
- ਥੰਪਿੰਗ
More languagesFewer languages
- thumping in Gujarati
- થમ્પિંગ
- thumping in Odia
- ଥମ୍ପିଂ, ଥାମ୍ପିଂ
- thumping in Nepali
- थम्पिङ, थम्पिंग, थम्पिंङ
Examples of thumping in a sentence
- Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping drive through the leg fielders.
- Ponsonby-Smythe hit a thumping on drive.
- I was talking to Bob about the noise made by my neighbours, when right on cue their music started thumping through the wall.
Synonyms of thumping
Forms of thumping
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more thumping |
| superlative | most thumping |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more thumping |
| superlative | most thumping |
| Noun | |
| plural | thumpings |
Words formed from thumping
Phrases with thumping
Questions about thumping
- What does thumping mean?
- Thumping means exceptional in some degree.
- What is thumping in Hindi?
- Thumping in Hindi is थंपिंग. See Thumping meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is thumping?
- Thumping can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce thumping?
- Thumping is pronounced /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/.
Words near thumping in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: thumping (page history and authors); thumping (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumping (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumping (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumping (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumping (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumping (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); thumping (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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