clump

UK /klʌmp/ US /klʌmp/
noun 5verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

2

A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.

clump of trees

3

A dull thud.

She [Miss Climpson] asks questions which a young man could not put without a blush. She is the angel that rushes in where fools get a clump on the head.

Thus, the myths of cinema and syndicated cartoon have served to unite the diverse races far more than the clump of the cricket-ball and the clipped rebukes and laudations of their masters.

4

The compressed clay of coal strata.

clump-burned bricks

5

A small group of trees or plants.

verb

1

To form clusters or lumps.

2

To gather in dense groups.

3

To walk with heavy footfalls.

4

To strike; to beat.

There is his poor little cap hanging up on the door; and there on the table is the knife he chipped a piece out of through not minding the mark on the knife machine, and I clumped his head for him, poor lamb!

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