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Meaning
Noun
●
Something that
protrudes
,
sticks out
, or
sticks
together; a
cluster
or
blob
; a
mound
or
mass
of no particular shape.
●
A
swelling
or
nodule
of
tissue
under the
skin
or in an
internal
part of the body.
●
A group, set, or unit.
●
A small,
shaped
mass
of
sugar
,
typically
about a teaspoonful.
●
A
dull
or
lazy
person.
●
A
fat
person.
●
A
beating
or
verbal
abuse.
●
A
projection
beneath
the
breech
end of
a
gun
barrel.
●
A
kind of
fish
, the lumpsucker.
●
Food
given to
a
tramp
to be
eaten
on the road.
Verb
●
To
treat
as a
single
unit
; to group together in a
casual
or
chaotic
manner
(
as if
forming
an
ill-defined
lump
of the items).
●
To
bear
(a
heavy
or
awkward
burden
); to
carry
(something
unwieldy
) from one place to another.
●
To
burden
(someone) with an
undesired
task
or responsibility.
●
To
hit
or
strike
(a person).
●
To form a
lump
or
lump
s.
Sourced from
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Origin
lump
English
lumpe
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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Bruise
Pigeonhole
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Tie
Bulge
Categorize
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Wound
Smudge
Turd
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Sack
Mass
Abscess
Splodge
Grouping
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Mound
Breast
Hold
Group
Splinter
Smear
Combine
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Biopsy
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Clot
Place
Piece
Link
Blister
Bring
Nipple
Squeeze
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Pimple
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Rhymes
Ump
Rump
Dump
Jump
Bump
Lump
Sump
Tump
Hump
Pump
Trump
Plump
Stump
Whump
Crump
Frump
Slump
Trump
Grump
Clump
Thump
Chump
Gazump
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