thumping

Other forms of thumping

plural

thumpings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thumping

What does thumping mean?

thumping means "a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thumping?

thumping has 2 syllables: thum-ping. The stress falls on "thum". In IPA it is /ˈθʌmpɪŋ/.

What is another word for thumping?

Close synonyms include thump, clump, clunk, thud, humongous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thumping a common word?

thumping is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.