thumper
n.— «I’ve had to join the arms race and get a “thumper,” a 40 mm over-the-shoulder grenade launcher.» —“Fear is knowing an AK-47 owner” by Barbara Reynolds USA Today Jan. 27, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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