tumps (over)

present tense third-person singular of tump (over), chiefly Southern

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Verb
  • In 2003 the United States topples Hussein and delivers him to his executioners.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • Byron Nelson topples Guyer, evens series Byron Nelson defeated Denton Guyer 2-1 to even the two squads’ Class 6A Division II regional final series at Byron Nelson High School.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • This inverts the usual analysis of American politics, that our bitter culture wars will always resolve down to questions like affordability.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 22 June 2026
  • The deal the United States and Iran reached on June 14, and are due to sign in Geneva on June 19, inverts that direction.
    Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • New evidence published today in the journal Science upends decades of evolutionary theory about when animals first walked on land.
    Sarah Durn, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
  • Ruling upends August elections At the center of the controversy is an ambiguous ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court last month that left local election officials scrambling.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2026
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“Tumps (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumps%20%28over%29. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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