English Dictionary
◊ THUMPING
thumping
adj 1: not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or
against something relatively soft; "the dull thud";
"thudding bullets"; "thumping feet on the carpeted
stairs" [syn: {dull}, {thudding}]
2: (used informally) very large; "a thumping loss" [syn: {humongous},
{whopping}, {walloping}]
n : a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
[syn: {thump}, {clump}, {clunk}, {thud}]