Definition of "thumping" []

• Informal Outstanding in size, degree, or quality: a thumping success; a thumping party. (adjective)

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• "And this is what you call a thumping, 65 percent to 28 percent."
• "It wasn't until after the president felt what he called the thumping of the midterm election defeats that he announced he had changed his mind."
• "But that was before the president's party got what he called a thumping in the midterm elections, losing their majority in the House, and possibly the Senate."