tub-thumps

verb

present tense third-person singular of tub-thump
as in announces
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively the studio is going all out to tub-thump its latest summer blockbuster

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tub-thumps
  1. announces
  2. cracks up
  3. advertises
  4. promotes
  5. blows up
  6. trumpets
Verb
  • After the match, Mick Foley comes to the ring and announces that Statlander will compete in a four-way match for the TBS Championship next week against champion Maya World, Hikaru Shida and Persephone.
    — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • There’s character aplenty, particularly in a main stand that announces proudly in its brickwork frontage just who are the home team here.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of announces
Verb
  • During one particularly fun moment shared by the LPGA Tour on Instagram, Clark cracks up at Cunningham's energetic approach to the sport — which ended in her accidentally hitting a fan with the ball.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
Definition of cracks up
Verb
  • Vercel advertises zero markup on tokens, and Cloudflare passes provider inference prices through unchanged, charging 5% only when customers use its unified billing.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The typical listing advertises a salary of about $177,000, compared to roughly $80,000 for a non-AI role, according to LinkedIn.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of advertises
Verb
  • They were also provided with Qurans and taught that Islam promotes social justice, according to the lawsuit.
    — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Dehnhard also helps displaced orphans, organizes humanitarian aid, promotes educational initiatives, and advocates for children.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of promotes
Verb
  • The person who blows up at a subordinate under stress has usually been subtly condescending in one-on-ones for months.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Frequent zoom-ins shown on screens showed sweat dripping down his face, and his hair resembled something similar to a mad scientist after an experiment blows up in their face.
    — Joseph Hernandez August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of blows up
Verb
  • Thus trumpets the tagline for Nicole Kidman’s assignation with Constantin Brancusi’s bronze and gold leaf Danaïde (1913), circulated online this past spring in advance of the work’s auction.
    — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Unsurprisingly, the Obama Presidential Center trumpets the achievements of President Barack Obama and does not focus on what he did not get done, nor, indeed, what got rolled back by subsequent administrations, which is a great deal.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
Definition of trumpets
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“Tub-thumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tub-thumps. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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