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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thump  \Thump\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Thumped};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Thumping}.] 
  To  strike  or  beat  with  something  thick  or  heavy,  or  so  as  to 
  cause  a  dull  sound. 
 
  These  bastard  Bretons;  whom  our  hathers  Have  in  their 
  own  land  beaten,  bobbed,  and  thumped.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thumping  \Thump"ing\,  a. 
  Heavy;  large  [Colloq.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  thumping 
  adj  1:  not  clear  and  resonant;  sounding  as  if  striking  with  or 
  against  something  relatively  soft;  "the  dull  thud"; 
  "thudding  bullets";  "thumping  feet  on  the  carpeted 
  stairs"  [syn:  {dull},  {thudding}] 
  2:  (used  informally)  very  large  "a  thumping  loss"  [syn:  {humongous}, 
  {whopping},  {walloping}] 
  n  :  a  heavy  dull  sound  (as  made  by  impact  of  heavy  objects) 
  [syn:  {thump},  {clump},  {clunk},  {thud}] 




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