clump

²clump

verb

Definition of CLUMP

intransitive verb

1

: to walk or move clumsily and noisily

2

: to form clumps

transitive verb

: to arrange in or cause to form clumps

Examples of CLUMP

1. The virus clumps the cells together.
2. <a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots>

First Known Use of CLUMP

1665

Related to CLUMP

Synonyms: barge, clomp, lumber, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Antonyms: breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

Related Words: drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms: drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

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