tub-thump|ing

tub-thump|ing: tub thumping,

Informal.

1. loud and emotional oratory; declamatory speaking.

2. U.S. Informal. sensational advertising or publicity; ballyhoo: »Each year, to the accompaniment of much tub thumping, they pour out a stream of new models designed to make the old ones seem obsolete (New Yorker).

tub-thump|ing «TUHB _THUHM pihng», adjective.

Informal. ranting; loud and emotional; declamatory: »tub-thumping oratory.

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tub thumping — tub thumping, Informal. 1. loud and emotional oratory; declamatory speaking. 2. U.S. Informal. sensational advertising or publicity; ballyhoo: »Each year, to the accompaniment of much tub thumping, they pour out a stream of new models designed to … Useful english dictionary

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