Read full poem →For in the Market-place, one Dusk of Day,
I watch'd the Potter thumping his wet Clay:
And with its all obliterated Tongue
Dictionary Entry
To hit (someone or something) as if to make a thump.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. thumpingagainst thumpingheart thumpingsound thumpingthumping heartthumping loud
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Poetry examples for “thumping”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →They ranted an' they sang;
Wi' jumping and thumping,
The vera girdle rang.
Read full poem →The Red Man gave in poking about the mill
Over the great big thumping shuffling mill-stone
Disgusted the Miller physically as coming
Read full poem →disturbed by the messengers, and sometimes by bustling batteries
that came swinging and thumping down upon them, the officers
shouting orders to clear the way.
Read full poem →Buffeting eyes and breath, snuffing the candles.
And thud! flump! thud! down the steep steps came thumping
And splashing in the flood, deluging muck--