lump
Plural: lumps
Noun
- a compact mass
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- an awkward stupid person
- a large piece of something without definite shape
- "a lump of coal"
- Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
- A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
- A group, set, or unit.
- A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
- A dull or lazy person.
- A fat person.
- A beating or verbal abuse.
- A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
- A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
- Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
- The workhouse.
Verb
Verb Forms: lumped, lumping, lumps
- To form into shapeless masses; to group things together carelessly.
- put together indiscriminately
- "lump together all the applicants"
- group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side
- To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items).
- To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
- To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
- To hit or strike (a person).
- To form a lump or lumps.
Examples
- a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese
- Do you want one lump or two with your coffee?
- Don't just sit there like a lump.
- Don’t just LUMP those tiles together; look for a strategic play!
- He's taken his lumps over the years.
- Lumps in the breasts are an indicator of breast cancer.
- People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
- Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
- The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).
Synonyms
ball, chunk, clod, clump, collocate, gawk, glob, goon, hunk, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, puffiness, stumblebum, swelling
Scrabble Score: 8
lump: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlump: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lump: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary