Hypertext Webster Gateway: "thumping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thump \Thump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thumped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Thumping}.]
To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to
cause a dull sound.
These bastard Bretons; whom our hathers Have in their
own land beaten, bobbed, and thumped. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thumping \Thump"ing\, a.
Heavy; large. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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