Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1728, 1790-1965
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THUMP, v., n. Also tump (Sh.), see T, letter, 9. Sc. form and usages:
I. v. 1. Sc. phrs. and deriv.: (1) thanks be thumpin' ye, an expression of gratitude and goodwill, a thousand thanks; (2) thumper, the hammer which strikes the hours on a clock; (3) to thump up the thinkin, to think hard, apply oneself to deep thought, to concentrate strenuously. Cf. Pey, v., 3. (1).(1) Ags. 1965 Scots Mag. (March) 542:
When a friend said,"Thanks be thumpin' ye," I added, as my mother used to do 50 years ago — "And blessin's blaw ye blin'" — and I knew I was home.(2) Sc. 1728 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) II. 72:
The Thumper that tells Hours upon the Kirk.(3) Abd. 1923 B. R. McIntosh Scent o' Broom 71:
She's thumpin' up the thinkin'.
2. To beat the ground with the feet, hence to dance; to walk with energy, to work or go at with vigour, also with up or at (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 231).Ags. 1790 D. Morison Poems 26:
Fair fa' ye, Kett, ye thump it weel.Sh. 1877 G. Stewart Fireside Tales 83:
Dey wheel da lasses on da flür, An' fast dey a' geng thumpin'.
II. n. 1. A large piece or portion (Sc. 1880 Jam.; Dmb. 1972).Dmb. 1817 J. Walker Poems 56:
Meg made thumps o' sappy cheese.
2. Of a child: a sturdy youngster (Per. 1972).Gsw. 1860 J. Young Poorhouse Lays 47:
I then was in coats, tho' a thump o' a callan.Ayr. 1896 D. Mackie Village Sketches 36:
I wis a bit thump o' a callan playin' wi' her.
