Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)One who thumps.

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.

  3. (uncountable)A drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others banging on a table.

  4. (countable, slang, uncountable)Something big, such as a lie; a whopper.

  5. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s.

  6. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).

  7. (countable, uncountable)A short rope for beating disobedient sled dogs.

  8. (countable, informal, uncountable)A strong adherent to a religion or ideology.

  9. (countable, informal, uncountable)A track with a thumping beat.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. He named his guinea pigs Blondie, Thumper, and Candy.

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  2. Tom is a Bible thumper.

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  3. I had cared for three guinea pigs as a teenage Lulu Islander. Their names were Blondie, Thumper, and Candy.

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Forms

plural: thumpers
Singularthumper
Pluralthumpers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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