thumper

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

hammer tubthumper thumber pummeler trouncer thwackee whacker bible thumper bumper thigger

Often followed by

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Word family

thump thumped thumpers thumping thumps