Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who or that which thumps.
- n. A thing or a person that is impressive by reason of hugeness or greatness; an unusually big fish, lie, etc.; a whopper.
Wiktionary
- n. One who thumps.
- n. slang A single-cylinder engined motorcycle, especially those having a four-stroke engine or large engine displacement.
- n. A particular drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others' banging on a table.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, thumps.
Examples
“But, if a bible-thumper is going to get ticked off about Pullman's attitudes and storytelling, this is the book they'd find the best ammunition.”
“Hot-gospeller and Bible-thumper is the language he uses.”
“Test hardware was a Sun X4500 (aka thumper) with 48 x 500GB disks.”
“Not considered a "thumper" when it comes to tackling, but shows explosion on contact.”
“The boys just roared at this threat, and one of them stealing behind the dude gave him a "thumper" with his toe where the exquisite's pants were drawn the tightest under his long coat.”
Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective
“Fred and Philip both ran up to him, and sure enough he seemed to have got hold of a "thumper," as he called it, for his line was running about backwards and forwards through the water, while the willow wand which served him for a rod was bent half double.”
“Palin/Gingrich or Palin/Hauckabee or Gingrich/Hackabee (two southern baptists ... one a redneck neocon hypocrite and the other a bible thumper which is perfect for the GOP vote).”
“Risky business: Metro area entrepreneurs launch start-ups despite tough economy Police arrest 70-year-old man in connection with casino bomb scare Lions 'Schwartz looking for a "thumper" at middle linebacker | detnews. com | The Detroit News”
“Jim Schwartz admits he needs a "thumper" to fill it.”
“Kate Lawson: Sunday Supper: This weekend, whirl up your own salad dressing Lions 'Schwartz looking for a "thumper" at middle linebacker | detnews. com | The Detroit News”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thumper’.
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Blue Ridge Mountains Moonshiners' Terms
List of terms for items and the process for creating illegal whiskey.
backins, double run, thumper, thumper keg, thump barrel, bead, beading oil, beer, teedum, blackpot, submarine still, boiler and 24 more...
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(Medical) Marijuana Strains
Names of various "medicinal" Cannabis strains, harvested from various sources.
grape ape, grape wreck, trainwreck, black domina, sweet wreck, cal-p, jack herer, purple princess, northern lights #5, amnesia haze, c5 haze, cambodian haze and 685 more...
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the shortening of the way
vocabulary and lingo from frank herbert's dune.
sietch, melange, gom jabbar, kwisatz haderach, kanly, chaumas, chaumurky, sardaukar, fedaykin, shai-hulud, thumper, stillsuit and 20 more...
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SarahCN's Words
defenestrate, syzygy, thumper, synesthesia, zephyr, conflate, gank, somnambulate, heteronormative, liminal, sanguine
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Fun Cartoon Names
Not necessarily the best known cartoon characters, but the ones with fun names. A highly incomplete list to say the least.
spongebob squarep..., the powerpuff girls, daffy duck, betty boop, gumby, mr. magoo, tweety, wile e. coyote, wonder woman, elmer fudd, bullwinkle, swee'pea and 48 more...
Tweets
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hernesheir (n). In a moonshine still, the part between the boiler and the coil that distills mash and redistills the alcohol coming out of the boiler. Also called a "doubler," "thumper keg," or "thump barrel." Aug 25, 2009