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lumpy

/ˈlʌmpi/

lumpy adjective: full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.

Adjective

lumpy (comparative lumpier, superlative lumpiest)

  1. Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.
    • I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.
    • The film makes fun of the lumpiest and palest set of tourists ever to carry plastic shoulder bags. It makes fun of an upwardly mobile hotel manager, married to a lecherous blonde.1976 May 20, Richard Eder, “Film: 'Smile Orange,' Jamaican Story”, in The New York Times
  2. Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.

lumpy meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

lumpy in Tamil

கட்டியான

lumpy in Malayalam

bumpy, knobbly, bulging
കട്ടകളുള്ള, മുട്ടും മുഴയുമുള്ള, മിനുസമില്ലാത്ത, നിറയെ മുഴകളുള്ള, ഗ്രന്ഥില, ദന്തുര
congealed, clotted, curdled
കട്ടകട്ടയായ, കട്ട കെട്ടിയ, പിണ്ഡീഭൂതമായ, ബദ്ധ, കട്ടപിടിച്ച, ഉറച്ച

lumpy in Arabic

full of lumps
مُتَكَتِّل mutakattil

Examples of lumpy in a sentence

  • She pulled up in a big old Pontiac with a lumpy idle.
  • The choice of treats is between a sweet mandarin orange and maybe a lumpy rennet apple.
  • A tablespoon of glycerine makes it glossy, or half a cup of soapflakes makes it lumpy.

All 19 example sentences with lumpy

Forms of lumpy

comparativelumpier
superlativelumpiest

Origin of lumpy

From lump + -y.

Words formed from lumpy

Phrases with lumpy

Words that rhyme with lumpy

8 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about lumpy

What does lumpy mean?
Lumpy means full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.
What is lumpy in Tamil?
Lumpy in Tamil is கட்டியான. See Lumpy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lumpy?
Lumpy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lumpy?
Lumpy is pronounced /ˈlʌmpi/.

Words near lumpy in the dictionary

  1. lumps together
  2. lumpsome
  3. lumpsucker
  4. lumpsuckers
  5. lumpsum
  6. lumpy
  7. lumpy dick
  8. lumpy jaw
  9. lumpy jumper
  10. lumpy jumpers
  11. lumpy skin disease

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lumpy (page history and authors); lumpy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lumpy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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