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clomp

[klomp]
–verb (used without object)
clump (def. 6).

clump

[kluhmp]
–noun
1. a small, close group or cluster, esp. of trees or other plants.
2. a lump or mass
3. a heavy, thumping step, sound, etc.
4. Immunology. a cluster of agglutinated bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
5. a thick extra sole on a shoe.
–verb (used without object)
6. Also, clomp. to walk heavily and clumsily.
7. Immunology. to gather or be gathered into clumps; agglutinate.
–verb (used with object)
8. to gather or form into a clump; mass.

Origin:
1580–90; akin to D klompe lump, mass, OE clympre lump of metal


clumpy, clumpish, clumplike, adjective
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clomp   (klŏmp)   
intr.v.   clomped, clomp·ing, clomps
To walk heavily and noisily.

[Imitative.]
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Word Origin & History

clomp 
"to walk as with clogs," 1829, probably a variant of clump (v.).

clump 
1586, from Du. klomp "lump, mass," or Low Ger. klump. O.E. had clympre "lump, mass of metal." The verb "to tread heavily" is first recorded 1665.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2clump
Function: intransitive verb
: to form clumps clump transitive senses
: to arrange in or cause to form clumpsclumps the bacteria>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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