callithumps

noun

plural of callithump
as in columns

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  1. columns
  2. strings
  3. trains
  4. lines
Noun
  • Here’s a roundup of the month’s biggest stories from Bud Kennedy’s Eats Beat columns.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
  • At the end of the street is the imposing Gringotts bank with its colossal marble columns and gleaming chandeliers hanging down from a domed ceiling.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of columns
Noun
  • But this replacement adoption has strings attached, in the form of a father (Fabrizio Odetto) who’d already been trying to get Giulia away from his dissolute ex, and is not about to hand her over to some rich third party.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • After practicing with a racket with no strings to keep his groundstroke rhythm without jeopardizing the joint, Alcaraz is hitting balls again.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of strings
Noun
  • Local media showed police officers preventing some of them from boarding trains and buses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • For four years now, Metro light rail trains have been running down the center of Crenshaw Boulevard, and for just as long, residents say a major promise has been broken.
    — Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of trains
Noun
  • But just burying the smaller overhead lines is a huge project.
    — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Hecht — a fifth-round pick — has rotated with Nick Samac on the depth lines.
    — Mike Kaye July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of lines
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“Callithumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callithumps. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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