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lump ulmp lmup mlup umlp mulp lupm ulpm lpum plum uplm pulm lmpu mlpu lpmu plmu mplu pmlu umpl mupl upml puml mpul pmul

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Definitions and meaning of lump

lump

Etymology

From Middle English lumpe, from a Germanic base akin to Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, hang loosely”). Compare Dutch lomp (“rag”), German Low German Lump (“rag”), German Lumpen (“rag”) and Lump (“ragamuffin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʌmp/
• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

lump (plural lumps)

1. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.

2. A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.

3. A group, set, or unit.

4. A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful.

5. A dull or lazy person.
6. A fat person.
7. (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse.
8. A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
9. A kind of fish, the lumpsucker.
10. (obsolete, slang) Food given to a tramp to be eaten on the road.
11. (obsolete, slang) The workhouse.

Hyponyms

• nubble

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Translations

Verb

lump (third-person singular simple present lumps, present participle lumping, simple past and past participle lumped)

1. (transitive) 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).
2. (transitive) To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another.
3. (transitive) To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility.
4. (transitive, slang) To hit or strike (a person).
5. (intransitive) To form a lump or lumps.

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Translations

See also

• take one’s lumps
• lump it
• like it or lump it

Further reading

• “lump”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “lump”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Plum, plum

Czech

Etymology

Derived from German Lump.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlump]

Noun

lump m anim

1. scoundrel, rascal

   Synonym: darebák

Declension

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Further reading

• lump in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• lump in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From English lumpfish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lœ̃p/

Noun

lump m (plural lumps)

1. lumpfish

   œufs de lump ― lumpfish eggs

References

• “lump”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “lump”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Lump.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlump]
• Hyphenation: lump
• Rhymes: -ump

Adjective

lump (comparative lumpabb, superlative leglumpabb)

1. rakish, dissolute, debauched (regularly engaging in late night drunken social gatherings)

   Synonyms: korhely, mulatós, kicsapongó, italos, részeges

Declension

Derived terms

• lumpol

Noun

lump (plural lumpok)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, chiefly of a man) rascal, carouser, roisterer, raver, drunkard (a person who regularly attends late night drunken social gatherings)

Declension

References

Further reading

• lump in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lump/
• Rhymes: -ump
• Syllabification: lump

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Lump.

Noun

lump m pers

1. (colloquial, derogatory) good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well

   Synonyms: lumpiarz, menel, nurek

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Lumpen.

Noun

lump m inan

1. (colloquial, derogatory) piece of clothing

   Synonyms: łach, łachman, szmata

Declension

Etymology 3

Clipping of lumpeks.

Noun

lump m inan

1. (colloquial, often derogatory) thrift shop (store that sells second-hand clothing)

   Synonyms: ciuchland, ciucholand, ciuszek, dziadownia, lumpeks, second hand, szmaciak, szmateks

Declension

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Further reading

• lump in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lump in Polish dictionaries at PWN