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• n  a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
• v  move rhythmically
• v  make a dull sound
• v  hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument
  a bible-thumping Southern Baptist
• s  (used informally) very large
  a thumping loss

• The shy thoughts, and the bold heart thumping ever harder, his hand drawn to enter into our picture to pass that baton to the guy we call the Boss.
• This one is all about the noises of the city: nine annoying cell phones ringing, eight dogs barking, four b-ball players thump-thump-thumping.
• Much of the answer can be traced to the lessons of his first thumping.

• thump
• clump
• clunk
• thud
• beat
• pound
• poke
• humongous
• banging
• whopping
• walloping

News & Articles

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• Charges filed in LaPorte homicide
  LAPORTE | Jennifer Jemiolo heard thumping and went downstairs to see her mother, Kathy, not moving after being pummeled with a baseball bat and stabbed multiple times by her father, according to court documents.
  June 13, 2013 - The Times of Northwest Indiana
• La Porte man formally charged with killing wife
  LA PORTE – Jennifer Jemiolo heard thumping and went downstairs to see her mother, Kathy, not moving after being pummelled with a baseball bat and stabbed multiple times by her father.
  June 13, 2013 - 22 WSBT South Bend
• The Best New Restaurant in Paris
  Paris' 11th arrondissement is the thumping heart of the city's neo-bistro movement, home to perpetually packed restaurants offering inventive menu dégustations in buzzy settings like Septime, where Beyoncé and Jay-Z were spotted in April, and Bones, which opened in January.
  June 13, 2013 - Bloomberg