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Graduates get hard thump (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bash

'thump' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'graduates get hard' is the wordplay.
'graduates' becomes 'bas' (people with Bachelor of Arts degrees).
'get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'bas'+'h'='BASH'

(Other definitions for bash that I've seen before include "Party (colloq.)" , "Smite; a party" , "Break - party" , "social occasion" , "Social event - clobber" .)

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