clump

¹clump

noun \ˈkləmp\

Definition of CLUMP

1

: a group of things clustered together <a clump of bushes>

2

: a compact mass

3

: a heavy tramping sound

— clumpy \ˈkləm-pē\ adjective

Examples of CLUMP

1. There is a clump of bushes at the edge of the field.
2. I could hear the clump of his footsteps as he came down the stairs.

Origin of CLUMP

probably from Low German klump

First Known Use: circa 1586

Related to CLUMP

Synonyms

array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, group, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite

Related Words

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration; agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety; cycle, run, series, suit

Near Antonyms

entity, item, single, unit

Rhymes with CLUMP

bump, chump, clomp, comp, crump, dump, flump, frump, grump, hump, jump, lump, plump, pump, rump, schlump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump

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