as in shuffled
to move heavily or clumsily
a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
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Recent Examples of clumped
The same is true if the entire jar seems overly hardened or clumped into a solid mass.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Like Faberge eggs seeking their level, the country’s heirlooms have clumped up in certain locations.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Continue stirring and splashing in water, aiming for where the flour has not yet clumped and shaking the bowl (or scraping down the sides) as needed to incorporate all the flour, until the mixture forms small, irregularly sized clumps, about rice- or pea-sized.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
When wet, faux fur can quickly become matted or clumped, which can damage its texture.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.
—Essence, 26 Mar. 2026
Dimorphos, also a rubble pile, likely formed from debris that clumped together after being shed by Didymos.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
These areas mimic a natural desert oasis environment, where trees are clumped together and left to grow naturally, producing fruit and nourishing the local wildlife.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
The other layers of the cloud, where material is less densely clumped but temperatures are warmer, is where most of the methanimine seems to be forming.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Like Faberge eggs seeking their level, the country’s heirlooms have clumped up in certain locations.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
Continue stirring and splashing in water, aiming for where the flour has not yet clumped and shaking the bowl (or scraping down the sides) as needed to incorporate all the flour, until the mixture forms small, irregularly sized clumps, about rice- or pea-sized.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
When wet, faux fur can quickly become matted or clumped, which can damage its texture.
—Katelyn Squiers, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.
—Essence, 26 Mar. 2026
Dimorphos, also a rubble pile, likely formed from debris that clumped together after being shed by Didymos.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026
These areas mimic a natural desert oasis environment, where trees are clumped together and left to grow naturally, producing fruit and nourishing the local wildlife.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2026
The other layers of the cloud, where material is less densely clumped but temperatures are warmer, is where most of the methanimine seems to be forming.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumped
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The puck went to Eichel, who quickly shuffled it to Barbashev for a shot from the middle of the ice above the circles that rattled off the left post and in.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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Shielded by her team, Cardi B shuffled out to the street, a blob of black nylon.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Grgich stomped grapes at age 3.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
15 May 2026
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International researchers have officially identified Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a massive dinosaur that has stomped its way into the record books as the largest ever found in Southeast Asia.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
14 May 2026
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Love Island had shifted what had previously been an unshakable self-identification and stumbled into comic profundity.—
Anna Peele,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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The Dodgers might have stumbled upon a way to keep Shohei Ohtani performing well on the mound and at the plate this season.—
Michael Huntley,
Oc Register,
17 May 2026
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“Clumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumped. Accessed 25 May. 2026.
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