tub-thump

intr.v. Slang, -thumped, -thump·ing, -thumps.
To argue for or promote something vigorously: "is tub-thumping for a six-month limit on the legislative session" (David Nyhan).

tub-thumper tub'-thump'er n.

(TUB-thum-puhr)

noun
A noisy, vigorous promoter or speaker.

Etymology
In earlier times, the word tub was jocularly applied to a pulpit. Imagine an impassioned preacher pounding away on his pulpit and you'll have a good idea of how this word came to be applied to any fervent promoter of a cause.

Usage
"According to Kipling the whole of England is a garden, though, inexplicably, it is maintained by men weeding its gravel paths with broken dinner knives. (Maybe the old tub-thumper had been too much at the Empire cream sherry.)" David Blundell; Eden's Gone Awry; The Times (London, UK); Dec 28, 2002.

"Although Ruddock is the principal tub-thumper of this disgusting policy, Con Sciacca, the Opposition spokesman, isn't worth feeding." — Phillip Adams; Beware: Bigotry is Back; The Australian (Sydney); Sep 1, 2001.

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a speaker or preacher who for emphasis thumps the pulpit; a violent or declamatory preacher or orator; a ranter

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a noisy and vigorous or ranting public speaker

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - svovlprædikant, en, der holder brandtaler

Français (French)
n. - orateur démagogue

Deutsch (German)
n. - Demagoge, theatralischer Redner

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λογοκόπος

Italiano (Italian)
oratore da comizio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - orador de multidões (m)

Русский (Russian)
говорун, болтун

Español (Spanish)
n. - demagogo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svavelpredikant, skränfock

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
敲击讲桌滔滔不绝演讲的传教士, 叫嚣者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 敲擊講桌滔滔不絕演講的傳教士, 叫囂者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 탁자를 치며 열변을 토하는 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 熱弁をふるう人, スポークスマン

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נואם מלהיב, דמגוג‬

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