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thumping

 adjective
     
thump‧ing [only before noun]
1 also thumping great British English informal very big or great:
Mulroney swept to power with a thumping majority.
He told us some thumping great lies!
2 thumping music has a strong loud beat
3

thumping headache

a very bad headache
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