"thumping" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/ Forms: more thumping [comparative], most thumping [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} thumping (comparative more thumping, superlative most thumping)
  1. (informal) Exceptional in some degree. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-thumping-en-adj-KZmZmPrV

Adverb

IPA: /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/ Forms: more thumping [comparative], most thumping [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} thumping (comparative more thumping, superlative most thumping)
  1. (informal) Exceptionally. Very. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-thumping-en-adv-QGaU5jyy

Noun

IPA: /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/ Forms: thumpings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thumping (countable and uncountable, plural thumpings)
  1. A dull, heavy sound. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dull, heavy sound): jumputus (Finnish), jyminä (Finnish), jymy (Finnish), jyly (Finnish), jyske (Finnish), jysähtely (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-thumping-en-noun-4lkAjMnR Disambiguation of 'dull, heavy sound': 96 0 4
  2. A beating. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-thumping-en-noun-fqDUGU1O Disambiguation of Violence: 1 11 2 41 19 26
  3. (sports) A heavy defeat. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms (heavy defeat): thrashing
    Sense id: en-thumping-en-noun-CiGwuLIb Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'heavy defeat': 2 6 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bible thumping, chest-thumping, Quran thumping

Verb

IPA: /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} thumping
  1. present participle and gerund of thump Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: thump
    Sense id: en-thumping-en-verb-I63wKavP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 35 1 2 18 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 28 1 3 17 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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