clumpers

Noun

clumper (plural clumpers)

1. Something that forms clumps.
   • The clumper, MP, had no glucosyltransferase activity on the surface but did in the Golgi, while the non-clumper, HR, had it on the surface and not in the Golgi.1972, Richard Lee Hoover, An Analysis of Cellular Adhesion and Surface Membranes in a Small Amoeba, page 85
   1. A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
      • Bell compared the success of two species with contrasting architecture (a clumper and a runner form) as they grew either in competition with each other or alone.1997, Hans de Kroon, The Ecology and Evolution of Clonal Plants, page 167
   2. One who generalizes or finds commonalities, as opposed to one who focuses on identifying differences
      • As an old clumper myself, I'm just now beginning to see how I must sometimes split and next time I want to tell you more about that.'1979, Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy
2. A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.
   • This was then pumped up to an elevated tank and piped from there through a constant-level tank to the dropper tubes of the clumper placed in a row above the drum.1912, T, Allerton S. Cushman, George W. Coggeshall, “he Production of Available Potash from The Natural Silicites”, in Journal of the Franklin Institute, page 671
3. The larger claw of a lobster.
   • "Reckon he's getting on for five pounds," said Richard eagerly. "Look at the size of that clumper claw ! " The two asymmetric claws of the lobster were known as the pincher and the clumper, and the clumper was always bigger .2014, Simon Wills, Lifeboatmen
4. (Newfoundland) Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).
   • An' the glow was the light of our fire, which had come close t' my father's place; for—look you—my father's clumper was heavy an' slow t' move, an' the pans o' the floe, whipped t' racin' speed by the wind, was drivin' past, with the win'ward edge o' the ice overhaulin' that clumper all the while.1918, Norman Duncan, Battles Royal Down North, page 203

   Synonyms:

   clumpet

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