v. [f. BE- 2 + THUMP v.] trans. To thump soundly. Also fig. Hence, Bethumped ppl. a., Bethumping vbl. sb.
1595. Shaks., John, II. i. 466. I was neuer so bethumped with words.
1657. H. Crowch, Welsh Trav., 6. Those stones did so bethump her bones.
1826. Scott, Woodst. (1832), I. 92. Bethumping us with his texts.
1831. Fraser’s Mag., III. 102. Here’s a bethumping of words, with a vengeance.
