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clumpy

/ˈklʌmpi/

clumpy adjective: forming or tending to form clumps.

Adjective

clumpy (comparative clumpier, superlative clumpiest)

  1. Forming or tending to form clumps.
    • Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough […]1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
  2. Resembling a clump.
  3. Clompy; with heavy footfalls.
    • Certainly it's lots easier to be Mary in a brown serge and clumpy boots than it is in the soft, fluffy things Marie used to wear.1920, Eleanor H. Porter, Mary Marie

Forms of clumpy

comparativeclumpier
superlativeclumpiest

Origin of clumpy

From clump + -y.

Words formed from clumpy

Words that rhyme with clumpy

8 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about clumpy

What does clumpy mean?
Clumpy means forming or tending to form clumps.
What part of speech is clumpy?
Clumpy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce clumpy?
Clumpy is pronounced /ˈklʌmpi/.

Words near clumpy in the dictionary

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

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