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clumps

/klʌmps/

clumps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clump.

clumps is the plural of clump.

Meaning of clump

Verb

clump (third-person singular simple present clumps, present participle clumping, simple past and past participle clumped)

  1. (ambitransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
  2. (ambitransitive) To gather in dense groups.
  3. (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
  4. (UK, regional, transitive) To strike; to beat.
    • There is his poor little cap hanging up on the door; and there on the table is the knife he chipped a piece out of through not minding the mark on the knife machine, and I clumped his head for him, poor lamb!1912, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, The Go-Between, page 79

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Noun

clumps

  1. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
    • We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first.1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia
    • There you looked and there you led me off into the game of clumps.1976, John Betjeman, Indoor Games near Newbury
    Synonyms:
    clubs

Synonyms of clumps

Origin of clumps

The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.

Phrases with clumps

Words that rhyme with clumps

Questions about clumps

What does clumps mean?
Clumps means a game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
What is clumps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clumps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of clump.
What part of speech is clumps?
Clumps is a noun.
How do you pronounce clumps?
Clumps is pronounced /klʌmps/.

Words near clumps in the dictionary

  1. clumping up
  2. clumpings
  3. clumpish
  4. clumplike
  5. clumproot
  6. clumps
  7. clumps up
  8. clumpy
  9. Clums
  10. clumse
  11. clumsed

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