A thumping loss. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a thumping victory at the polls. From Dictionary.com.
And this is what you call a thumping, 65 percent to 28 percent. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 13, 2008] Reference
Nelson's current chest thumping is his subcommittee being a pain in the. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Administrator: A New Name Is Circulating - NASA Watch] Reference
After the GOP's midterm thumping, President Bush's top aide fell out of the spotlight. From Wordnik.com. [Still Busy--But Staying Out Of The Spotlight] Reference
But on past performance we can expect a lot of chest thumping from the GZG and from the Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
So when he stepped out on stage, with U2's "City of Blinding Lights" thumping from the loudspeakers, Obama joined hands with Reid. From Wordnik.com. [Obama stumps in Las Vegas to bail out Harry Reid] Reference
But after his party got what even he called a thumping at the ballot box, the White House now says it is ready to listen to new ideas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 13, 2006] Reference
I don't think either one of them would do any "thumping" - in fact, I think it would be a very tough primary. From Wordnik.com. [National Democrats Optimistic They'll Hold Obama's Senate Seat] Reference
The thumping was their engines as they turned — then the thumping of their guns shook the air. From Wordnik.com. [A Time for Grieving] Reference
I'm sorry, but where I come from (actually the same country as the writer!), the man doing the thumping is the brute!. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
This is just more chest thumping from the haters. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Anti-Obama billboards spring up in Atlanta.] Reference
Here's Bush's reaction to the "thumping" his party got at the mid-terms. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
I snarkily asked someone to wake me when her lead got out of "thumping" range. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: New Hampshire Dem Race Getting Close ��� Hillary Up Only Seven Points] Reference
Not the 2006 election, although that was quite a "thumping" (just ask Don Rumsfeld). From Wordnik.com. [Sarah Stephens: Wipe Out: UN Vote on US-Cuba Embargo] Reference
But had Clinton won by the 30 percent margin ol 'Gotalife was forecasting, well, that would be a "thumping". From Wordnik.com. [Obama Nabs Another Super-Delegate] Reference
He joked with senators Durbin and Reid that his blue tie was further evidence of post - "thumping" good will. From Wordnik.com. [Justin Frank: A Change is Gonna Come...NOT] Reference
A peculiar kind of thumping or dragging outside, as though some large animal was lumbering across the hollow boards of the front stoop. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
You'd think not -- yet there are the spokesmen, days after their "thumping," threatening to veto a centerpiece of the Democrats 'agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Shelley Lewis: Happy Days Are Not (Quite) Here Again: The Battle Over Drug Prices] Reference
Labour hails 'thumping' victory in Glasgow North East byelection. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Jim Murphy, the Scottish secretary, called it a "thumping" victory. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
December 2008: A 15-year-old girl at Waitara High School is suspended for "thumping" a teacher. From Wordnik.com. [SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists] Reference
Labour hails 'thumping' victory in Glasgow North East byelection guardian. co.uk at 16.41 GMT on Friday 13 November 2009. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
"thumping" in the mid-term elections on November 2. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
This is no time for constitutional chest-thumping. From Wordnik.com. [Credibility Gap Redux] Reference
After a pause, thumping techno music fills the air. From Wordnik.com. [Livening Up The Game] Reference
Apl. de.ap raps in Tagalog over thumping hip-hop beats. From Wordnik.com. [Like Peas in a Pod] Reference
The stress this arouses is thumping my heart against my ribs. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
Once again, he puts a big, thumping heart inside a digital body. From Wordnik.com. [Capturing Kong] Reference
Speakers at agricultural seminars don't usually deliver table-thumping diatribes. From Wordnik.com. [Another Bitter Harvest] Reference
In the afternoons, SUVs roll down the street like gumballs, the sound of hip-hop music thumping. From Wordnik.com. [Young, Gay and Murdered] Reference
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