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thumper
UK /ˈθʌmpə/ US /ˈθʌmpɚ/
noun 5name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
right-wing
VERB + THUMPER
names, use
THUMPER + NOUN
candy, dog, vladimir, zhirin
Definitions
noun
1
One who thumps.
2
A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.
3
A drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others banging on a table.
4
Something big, such as a lie; a whopper.
5
A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s.
name
1
A surname.
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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 mor
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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.
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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 Zhirin
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He named his guinea pigs Blondie, Thumper, and Candy.
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I had cared for three guinea pigs as a teenage Lulu Islander. Their names were Blondie, Thumper, and Candy.
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Tom is a Bible thumper.
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