thumping

/ˈθʌmpɪŋ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈθʌmpɪŋ/

thumping

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final ng sound

thum - ping -> thumping

Myanmar meaning

ကြီးမားသော။ ဧရာမဖြစ်သော။

Full entry

thump /θʌmp/ v

၁။ ထုနှက်သည်။ (စန္ဒရားတူရိယာကို) တအား တီးသည်။ Someone thumped on the door. ❍ The two boys started thumping each other. ❍ (fig ) He thumped out a tune (ie played it loudly) on the piano.
၂။ တဒုတ်ဒုတ်ခုန်သည်။ My heart was thumping (with excitement). See also TUB-THUMPER
n (က) ပိတ်ထုခြင်း။ give sb a thump.
(ခ) ဗုန်းခနဲမြည်သံ။ The sack of cement hit the ground with a thump.
❏ thumping adj (infml) ဧရာမ။ a thumping defeat ❍ win by a thumping majority.
adv (infml ) ဧရာမ။ a thumping great lie.

More examples

‘‘There's a Left-of-centre viewpoint across the BBC's output, ’ he begins, thumping the desk in his South Bank office.’
‘Ramirez thumped his fist on the table; candelabra leapt into the air, fruit spilled from the baskets and soup spilt onto the dark table.’
‘General Musharraf was seen thumping his fists vigorously at the only wall in the room.’
‘When I tried to stop him he hit me in the face and knocked my glasses flying, then he thumped me in the chest.’
‘‘Let go, I'm not one of those girls, ’ she protested, thumping her balled fists against my chest.’
‘You walked in there, you thumped a desk and they wobbled.’
‘When Henman took the third he thumped his fist to his chest.’
‘‘We did it, ’ screamed Ferns from the starting block, thumping a fist to his heart.’
‘He laughed and thumped the table in appreciation, then twisted his fist in front of his nose, miming a snout.’
‘At this point I thump my fist down onto my desk and toss my hair defiantly.’
‘He thumped his fist on the metal floor and grinned weakly.’
‘Generally a guy called Martand would start thumping the desk and everyone would follow suit.’
‘He gesticulated and swore at the young couple, holding up his fist and thumping the vehicle, and mouthing to the passenger to get out of the car.’
‘There's something oh, so satisfying about thumping a punch bag just as hard as you can.’
‘If you go to a world championship boxing match, you know, one of the boxers will come in inevitably thumping his fists in time with the drumbeat.’
‘‘You didn't have to use one of these damn things, ’ he said, thumping the monitor on the desk before him.’
‘He kept on following us down the street, repeating the same thing, jumping up at me waving his money, thumping my arms with his little fists.’
‘You don't need to worry about having a couple of big blokes thumping your door and giving you a hard time.’
‘Fellow MEPs hurled abuse at Mr Berlusconi and thumped their desks in the European Parliament Chamber in dismay.’
‘His fist thumps the wooden table - bare except for a pen and a notepad for writing orders - for emphasis.’

Synonyms

punch, hit, strike, wallop, whack, smack, clout, bang, knock, clobber, thwack, beat, blow, bop, cuff, ding, drub, pound, pummel, slap, sound, stump, throb, thud, whop

Cross references

punch hit strike wallop whack smack clout bang knock clobber thwack beat blow bop cuff ding drub pound pummel slap sound stump throb thud whop also cement defeat