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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.
EXPANDmajority; 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.
COLLAPSEInformal. a heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person.
adjective
9.
made up of a number of items taken together; not separated or considered separately: The debts were paid in one lump sum.
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Lumping
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used with object)
10.
to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often followed 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.
13.
to raise into or cover with lumps: a plow lumping the moist earth.
verb (used without object)
Idiom15.
to move heavily and awkwardly: The big oaf lumped along beside me.
16.
get/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; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e); cognate with early Dutch lompe piece, Danish lump(e) lump, dialectal Norwegian lump block
1250–1300; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e); cognate with early Dutch lompe piece, Danish lump(e) lump, dialectal Norwegian lump block
Related forms
lump·ing·ly, adverb
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lump
"endure" (now usually in contrast to like), 1791, apparently an extended sense from an older meaning "to look sulky, dislike" (1577), of unknown origin, perhaps a symbolic sound (cf. grump, harumph, etc.).
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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