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lump⋅er

[luhm-per]

–noun

1.	a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.

2.	Biology Informal. a taxonomist who believes that classifications should emphasize similarities among organisms and therefore favors large, inclusive taxa (opposed to splitter ).

Origin:
1775–85; lump ¹ (in v. sense) + -er ¹

1 [luhmp]

–noun

1.	a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.

2.	a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head.

3.	an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump.

4.	Also called lump of sugar. a small block of granulated sugar, designed for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc.: How many lumps do you take in your coffee?

5.	majority; plurality; multitude: The great lump of voters are still undecided.

6.	lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat: The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it.

7.	Informal. a heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person.

–adjective

8.	in the form of a lump or lumps: lump sugar.

9.	made up of a number of items taken together; not separated or considered separately: The debts were paid in one lump sum.

–verb (used with object)

10.	to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often fol. by together): We lumped the reds and blues together.

11.	to deal with, handle, consider, etc., in the lump or mass: to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately.

12.	to make into a lump or lumps: to lump dough before shaping it into loaves.

13.	to raise into or cover with lumps: a plow lumping the moist earth.

–verb (used without object)

14.	to form or raise a lump or lumps: Stir the gravy so that it doesn't lump.

15.	to move heavily and awkwardly: The big oaf lumped along beside me.

—Idiom

16.	get or take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.: Without its star pitcher, the baseball team will get its lumps today.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME lumpe, lomp(e); c. early D lompe piece, Dan lump(e) lump, dial. Norw lump block

Related forms:

lump⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

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Lumper

Lump"er\, n. [Cf. Lamper eel.] (Zo["o]l.) The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

Lumper

Lump"er\, n. 1. One who lumps.

2. A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.

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