thumpings

Noun

thumping (countable and uncountable, plural thumpings)

1. 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
2. A beating.
   • He received a thumping from the school bully.
3. 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

See all 5 meanings of thumping