Tubthumping
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Aggressive political or commercial promotion. uncountable
"[…] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […]."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of tubthump form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Brash, self-promoting.
""Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy.""
Example
More examples"[…] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […]."
Etymology
From tub + thumping.
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