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What (who) is tub-thumping - definition

SINGLE
Tub tumping; I get knocked down; Tub Thumping; Tub-thumping; I Get No Doubt; Tubthumping (Remix); I Get Knocked Down; I get knocked down, but I get up again; I get knocked down but I get up again
  • Neon sculpture at Leeds Playhouse with the words “I get knocked down but I get up again”

tub-thumping         
informal
¦ adjective expressing opinions in a loud or aggressive manner.
¦ noun the loud or aggressive expression of opinions.
Derivatives
tub-thumper noun
A Tale of a Tub         
SATIRE BY JONATHAN SWIFT
Tale of a Tub; The Tale of a Tub; Jack of Leyden; Tale of A Tub; A Tale of a Tub (novel); A tale of a tub; A Tale of a Tub, to Which Is Added the Battle of the Books and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit; A Tale Of A Tub; A Tale of A Tub
A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in 1704. It is arguably his most difficult satire, and perhaps his best.
a tale of a tub         
SATIRE BY JONATHAN SWIFT
Tale of a Tub; The Tale of a Tub; Jack of Leyden; Tale of A Tub; A Tale of a Tub (novel); A tale of a tub; A Tale of a Tub, to Which Is Added the Battle of the Books and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit; A Tale Of A Tub; A Tale of A Tub
archaic
an apocryphal story.

Wikipedia

Tubthumping

"Tubthumping" is a song released by British rock band Chumbawamba from their eighth studio album, Tubthumper (1997). It is the band's most successful single, peaking at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and hit number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 (although it topped the US Modern Rock and Mainstream Top 40 charts). At the 1998 Brit Awards, "Tubthumping" was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Single. It sold 880,000 copies in the UK.

Examples of use of tub-thumping
1. At present, it‘s tub–thumping from the English side.
2. The chancellor was also slow on the uptake with his applause for Blair‘s tub–thumping rhetoric.
3. We think of droughts, crop failure, conflicts and the tub–thumping of Bono and Bob Geldof.
4. But for all the martial tub–thumping, the Russian military cannot be compared to its Soviet predecessor.
5. My gut feeling is that the Olympics will be another tub–thumping gravy train, as the Dome was.