lump

English

/lʌmp/

noun
Definitions
  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
  • A group, set, or unit.
  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.
  • A dull or lazy person.
  • (informal) A beating or verbal abuse.
  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
  • A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
  • (obsolete) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English lumpe.

Origin

Middle English

lumpe

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