Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A dull, heavy sound.

    a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

  2. (countable, uncountable)A beating.

    He received a thumping from the school bully.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A heavy defeat.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. I heard a thumping noise coming from the adjacent room.

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  2. I heard a thumping sound.

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  3. Ziri heard rapid thumping sounds outside.

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  4. Bruno's heart was thumping like crazy.

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  5. I heard thumping sounds inside the cabin.

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Forms

plural: thumpings
Singularthumping
Pluralthumpings

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
heavy defeat:thrashing
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedthump

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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