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
  • The Social Security Administration usually announces the next year’s COLA in October, after inflation data for July, August and September is finalized.
    — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 29 July 2026
  • The house, in places, still announces exactly when it was built.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 27 July 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
  • Certified personal trainer Katherine Roccasecca offers a flexible Couch to 5K walking plan on her website, and the C25K Couch to 5K Run Trainer app from Zen Labs Fitness advertises an eight-week program built for complete beginners.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Zoom advertises post-quantum end-to-end encryption to protect data from future quantum computers that could crack traditional encryption methods.
    — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of advertises
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  • Sami, 22, is a successful model on OnlyFans and promotes her content online, while Lola, 21, is outspoken about Jesus and her faith on social media.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Basic science, including theoretic work, was absolutely essential to the A-bomb project and will be so for quantum computing, fusion (which the report promotes), and next-generation fission.
    — Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of promotes
Verb
  • Friday’s announcement blows up Paramount’s original plan to take control of Warner by the end of September.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Sharma’s unenviable job is to trim the fat before this whole thing blows up.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
Definition of blows up
Verb
  • 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
  • As the title implies, the show trumpets the artist’s idiosyncrasy, which feels ever more at odds with the cultural moment.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 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 7 Aug. 2026.

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