to thump out a tune on the piano

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• thump out — verb beat out a rhythm • Syn: ↑beat out, ↑tap out • Hypernyms: ↑beat • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something * * * ˌ …   Useful english dictionary

• thump out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms thump out : present tense I/you/we/they thump out he/she/it thumps out present participle thumping out past tense thumped out past participle thumped out informal to play a tune very loudly, especially on the… …   English dictionary

• thump — I. verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1548 transitive verb 1. to strike or beat with or as if with something thick or heavy so as to cause a dull sound 2. pound, knock 3. whip, thrash 4. to produce (music) mechanically or in a mechanical manner… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• thump — v. & n. v. 1 tr. beat or strike heavily esp. with the fist (threatened to thump me). 2 intr. throb or pulsate strongly (my heart was thumping). 3 intr. (foll. by at, on, etc.) deliver blows, esp. to attract attention (thumped on the door). 4 tr.… …   Useful english dictionary

• thump — verb 1》 hit heavily, especially with the fist or a blunt implement.     ↘put down forcefully, noisily, or decisively.     ↘(of a person s heart or pulse) beat or pulsate strongly. 2》 (thump something out) play a tune on a piano enthusiastically… …   English new terms dictionary

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• pound — pound1 pounder, n. /pownd/, v.t. 1. to strike repeatedly with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to produce or effect by striking or thumping, or in a manner resembling this (often fol. by out): to pound out a… …   Universalium

• Meantone temperament — is a musical temperament, which is a system of musical tuning. In general, a meantone is constructed the same way as Pythagorean tuning, as a stack of perfect fifths, but in meantone, each fifth is narrow compared to the ratio 27/12:1 in 12 equal …   Wikipedia

• pound — I. /paʊnd / (say pownd) verb (t) 1. to strike repeatedly and with great force, as with an instrument, the fist, heavy missiles, etc. 2. to force (a way) by battering. 3. to crush by beating, as with an instrument; pulverise. –verb (i) 4. to… …  

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