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thumper
noun- a hand grenade launcher US
- The thumper won’t throw grenades anymore and the minimguns are constipated, but he’s still got fourteen rockets left, by God. — Dennis Marvicsin and Jerold A. Greenfield, Maverick, p. 209, 1990
- He wanted me to carry a “thumper” (M-79 grenade launcher). — Gary Linderer, The Eyes of the Eagle, p. 57, 1991
- a drummer US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 273, 1981
- a piece of rope used by dog handlers to discipline sled dogs ANTARCTICA, 1982
- — Bernadette Hince, The Antarctic Dictionary, p. 353, 2000
- a street fighter US
- Some of the serious thumpers found ways to literally use their heads. — Nathan McCall, Makes Me Wanna Holler, p. 55, 1994
- a gun US
- Officers busted Terry on Nov. 14, 2009, for possession of suspected packages of heroin, but a subordinate offered police a “thumper” – street slang for a gun – apparently in exchange for freeing Terry. — Chicago Sun Times, p. 2, 18 November 2010
- in electric line work, an underground fault locator US
- — A.B. Chance Co., Lineman’s Slang Dictionary, p. 17, 1980
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