thumper

Meaning

Noun

• One who thumps.
• A single-cylinder engine, especially four-stroke engines or those with large engine displacements.
• A drinking game wherein players must remember personal hand signs while being distracted by others banging on a table.
• Something big, such as a lie; a whopper.
• A kind of slam-door train introduced in the late 1950s.
• The Vietnam-era M79 grenade launcher (due to its distinctive report).

Origin

• thump + -er