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Definition of Thumper
1. n. One who, or that which, thumps.
Definition of Thumper
1. Noun. One who thumps. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A single-cylinder engined motorcycle, especially those having a four-stroke engine or large engine displacement. ¹
3. Noun. A particular (soplink drinking game) wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others' banging on a table. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thumper
1. one that thumps [n -S] - See also: thumps
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thumper
Literary usage of Thumper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1882)
"The Weight of the thumper will, in one aspect, depend upon the total length ...
In some other cases the thumper made to furnish the Top Bead ; for this see ..."
2. Travels of an Irish Gentleman in Search of a Religion: With Notes and by Thomas Moore (1833)
"St. Au- gustin a Craw-thumper.—Imitations of Paganism in the early Church.
IT was, I recollect, late on a Saturday night, when my task of selecting the ..."
3. Cases on the Law of Bills: Notes, and Cheques to Accompany the Editor's Work by Melville Madison Bigelow (1894)
"thumper. Supreme Court of Michigan, April, 1871. 22 Mich. 427. To alter a promissory
note materially, after delivery of it, by adding words in a blank left ..."
4. The American Marine Engineer, Theoretical and Practical: With Examples of by Emory Edwards (1891)
"Finding the Cause of Thumping and Heating^— The Constitutional thumper. IF the
bed plate of the engine be put down perfectly level, and securely bolted to a ..."
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