Meaning of Thumper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who thumps.
   countable, uncountable
2. A surname.
3. A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.
   countable, slang, uncountable
4. A drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others banging on a table.
   uncountable
5. Something big, such as a lie; a whopper.
   countable, slang, uncountable
6. A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s.
   UK, countable, slang, uncountable
7. The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).
   US, countable, slang, uncountable
8. A short rope for beating disobedient sled dogs.
   countable, uncountable
9. A strong adherent to a religion or ideology.
   countable, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This [argument] was about the use⟳ of the thumper to control⟳ dog teams, and perhaps the unique living conditions of a polar base⟳ caused both sides to shift from an initial disagreement to positions more extreme than the ones they would have⟳ reached in the wider world outside.”

“But in spite of the antics of its Bible thumpers and its boobocracy, my father was unable to stay⟳ mad at the United States for long.”

“Putin’s closest electoral competitor is the Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov – a serial election loser. This would be his fourth defeat⟳. Two other candidates, right-wing table thumper Vladimir Zhirinovsky and left-leaning Sergey Mironov have⟳ also run⟳ and lost spectacularly in the past.”

“These testosterone thumpers have⟳ repackaged and exaggerated the study⟳, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like⟳ “Trust⟳ The Science: Study⟳ Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.”

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