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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a thumper" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to someone or something that makes a loud noise or is forceful in action, often in a playful or informal context.
Example: "The car's engine was a real thumper, echoing through the streets as it sped by."
Alternatives: "a loud one" or "a heavy hitter".
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ILB Reggie Ragland, Alabama – Ragland is just a thumper.
10.47pm GMT The third kicks: Gameiro follows Castro's lead, a thumper into the top right.
A hitherto little known Democratic candidate for the Senate gave a thumper of a speech in 2004, and that worked out all right for Barack Obama.
To do so, Matthews will have to be a thumper against the run and eat up significant ground in vertical pass coverage.
It is an American glade, complete with a Thumper and a Bambi, whose doe eyes give the newcomer no more than a passing glance.
But what about Beethoven, a thumper of a virtuoso, famous for busting strings when he performed his works on the pianos at his disposal?
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Jack Hitt's article (Aug. 20) is a heart thumper, a wonderfully written crime tale.
During Friday's hearing, prosecutors told Judge Richard E. Moore that Davis was seen on video whacking Harris on the head with a wooden stick — a "tire thumper". The injury gave Harris such a large laceration on his head that it required eight staples.
I think of a crusader as someone who is a polemicist, a table-thumper, perhaps even an ideologue.
Godard is an artist, not a tub thumper.
Indeed, there are two things I can say for sure about him: He is much more McKinsey than Wahhabi — much more a numbers cruncher than a Quran thumper.
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