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TUB-THUMPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tub-thumper mean?
• TUB-THUMPER (noun)
The noun TUB-THUMPER has 1 sense:
1. a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
Familiarity information: TUB-THUMPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("tub-thumper" is a kind of...):
orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)
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