Definitions

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  • interjection Nonce variation of the word thump, usually indicating a bumpy action.

Etymologies

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thump +‎ -ity

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Examples

  • So if you're like her, you'll want to skip ahead to "Goodbye," a song that parcels out all of Best Coast's sonic hallmarks in equal measure: serrated power chords, thumpity-thumping drums and Cosentino's deadpan singing - all dunked in reverb copious enough to make Phil Spector smile.

    Album review: Best Coast, "Crazy For You" 2010

  • So if you're like her, you'll want to skip ahead to "Goodbye," a song that parcels out all of Best Coast's sonic hallmarks in equal measure: serrated power chords, thumpity-thumping drums and Cosentino's deadpan singing -- all dunked in reverb copious enough to make Phil Spector smile.

    Album review of 'Crazy for You' by Best Coast 2010

  • The sun porch on the second floor had a flight of wooden steps down tot the rear courtyard and in the winter, we would take cardboard and slide thumpity-thumpity down those steps once they were covered in snow.

    First memories « knitnut.net 2009

  • I was careful not to smudge his jacket with my makeup as I rested my cheek over his heart, which I heard thumpity-thump-thumping.

    Seeds of Yesterday Andrews, V. C. 1984

  • I was close enough to hear his heart drumming fast, faster, racing, and all of a sudden my own heart caught the rhythm of his, in the only tempo hearts can have-thumpity-bump, thumpity-bump.

    Flowers In The Attic Andrews, V. C. 1979

  • Tiny and Teenty scrambled out of sight under the sofa pillows and sat tremblingly holding each other's cold little paws, while their hearts went thumpity-thump!

    The Graymouse Family Nellie Mabel Leonard

  • Raggedy Ann's heels hit the floor thumpity-thump and she enjoyed it immensely.

    Raggedy Ann Stories Johnny Gruelle 1909

  • "My heart was going thumpity-thump, but I says to him, ` I might look at them, maybe, 'and with that I go to the door, for the sake of getting him out of it, and if there weren't our own two geese, with the legs of them tied together!"

    The Irish Twins Lucy Fitch Perkins 1901

  • Within days, when the good Rev. became too much of a political liability, Wright was promptly tossed under the bus (thumpity-thump!).

    The Volokh Conspiracy 2009

  • Bon Jovi will be at Jazz Fest this year making the hearts of all middle-aged white suburban women go thumpity-thump.

    casa de Charlotte della luna 2009

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