tub-thump

verb

Definition of tub-thumpnext
as in to announce
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-thump
  1. announce
  2. advertise
  3. blow up
  4. crack up
  5. promote
  6. acclaim
Verb
  • The changes announced Saturday didn't apply to UCLA Health or health care staff, Frenk said.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the equivalent of three full-time fire department positions — likely non-firefighter staff members — are slated to be among 91 or so layoffs expected to soon be announced.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of announce
Verb
  • Beginning in 1992, the Ontological-Hysteric occupied an upper chamber of the beautiful St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, and Foreman advertised his yearly shows there with blizzards of black-and-white posters, which were wheat-pasted all over the Village every winter.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Driving over the Bay Bridge into the city, billboard after billboard advertised AI products and services.
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of advertise
Verb
  • Ever have a conversation with a colleague that blows up?
    Anne Sugar, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • What of Norman Powell, who is blowing up with a career year of his own at 31?
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of blow up
Verb
  • But if Nvidia’s new GPUs are all they’re cracked up to be, perhaps MSI can impress with raw performance per dollar.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There in the hallway, cracking up, was Morgan’s former boss, Scott Bessent.
    John Hyatt, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of crack up
Verb
  • An initiative that was promoted for years as a civil-rights cause—helping poor kids in troubled schools—is threatening to become a nationwide money grab.
    Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • This includes promoting work-life balance, providing mental health support and implementing programs that nurture growth to ensure employees feel valued, supported and empowered.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of promote
Verb
  • Some of his movies are critically acclaimed; plenty have bombed, but his performances are never less than wholly committed.
    Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Watkins Glen, acclaimed for its challenging road course, provides a picturesque but formidable track that is a firm fan-favorite.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of acclaim
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