thumpers

Things that thud

Thumpers are people or things that thump—produce heavy, rhythmic sounds or impacts.

The word often refers to powerful car audio systems with heavy bass: Those thumpers in his trunk rattled the whole parking lot.

In hunting, thumpers are large-caliber rifles or the heavy game they bring down.

Rabbits thump to signal danger, making Thumper a fitting name for the rabbit in Disney's *Bambi*.

audio

subwoofers

Low-frequency audio drivers

sound system · low frequency · boom · vibration · amplifier · stereo · beats · resonance · punch · club music

rabbits

Bambi

Animated woodland fawn

cottontail · bunny · hutch · ears · hopping · Watership Down · Peter Rabbit · colony · communication · drumming

slang

preachers

Clergy who deliver sermons

zealots · fire-and-brimstone · pulpit · sermons · missionaries · revival · televangelists · hellfire · gospel · devout

heartbeat

pounding

Forceful repeated striking

cardiac · chest · adrenaline · excitement · anxiety · heartbeat · throbbing · rhythm · pumping · flutter

machinery

pile drivers

Machines hammering foundation supports

rammers · pneumatic · construction · industrial · hammering · pounding · impact · heavy equipment · tampers · demolition

Opposites
force/intensity of impact

thumpersfeatherweights

Lightest competitive fighters

strokers · caressers · patters · whisperers · tweeters

sound quality

thumperstinkers

Meddles amateurishly with mechanisms

pingers · chimes · clickers · tweeters · dingers

religious proselytizing style

thumperssecular humanists

Nonbelievers guided by ethics

contemplatives · meditators · Quakers · mystics · agnostics

Phrases
Family

thumped, thumper

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G