Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tubthumping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: tubthump-ing
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of tubthump

noun

Aggressive political or commercial promotion.

Uncountable

adj

Brash, self-promoting.

Example Sentences

"[…] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […]."
"1939, Railway Age, vol. 107, Oct.-Dec. But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models."
""Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy.""

Etymology

From tub + thumping.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

more tubthumping (comparative) most tubthumping (superlative)

Phrases

banging the drum for beating one's chest beating the drum for chest-beating chest-thumping pounding the table stem-winder tooting one's own horn

Frequently Paired Words

tubthumper banging the drum for beating one's chest beating the drum for chest-beating chest-thumping pounding the table rabblerousing

Questions

What does tubthumping mean?: present participle and gerund of tubthump
Where does tubthumping come from?: From tub + thumping.

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