Koran thumper
- noun
- /kɔːrɑːn ˈθʌmpər/
- Slur
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[Ofensivo] predicador fanático del Corán
- The community grew wary of Koran thumpers disrupting public events with their preaching.
Examples
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The outspoken Koran thumper often got into heated debates with his classmates.
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Some accuse him of being a Koran thumper, but he sees himself as a passionate believer.
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The Koran thumper spoke passionately at the rally.
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Many people find a Koran thumper difficult to engage with.
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The community grew wary of Koran thumpers disrupting public events with their preaching.
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Some accuse him of being a Koran thumper, but he sees himself as a passionate believer.
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The outspoken Koran thumper often got into heated debates with his classmates.
Synonyms
A person who shouts about a cause to get people to agree
How Zealous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning can be partly inferred from combining 'Koran' (the Islamic scripture) with 'thumper' (one who thumps or, in colloquial use, a zealous promoter as in 'Bible-thumper'), so learners can guess it denotes a fervent, preachy promoter of Islam. However, the slangy/metaphorical sense of 'thumper' as a religious zealot requires cultural knowledge of expressions like 'Bible-thumper', so the relation is not fully predictable to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Koran thumper may come from the image of someone loudly thumping a copy of the Koran to make a point, with thumper showing a forceful, noisy action. So it now means a person who forcefully 'preaches' or pushes Islamic beliefs.