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lump

UK/lʌmp/ US/lʊmp/ fairly common informal slang
noun (4) verb (2)

noun

1.

a large piece of something without definite shape

  • “a hunk of bread”
  • “a lump of coal”
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2.

a compact mass

  • “a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder”
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verb

1.

put together indiscriminately

  • “lump together all the applicants”
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2.

group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • bring a lump to someone's throat
  • expository lump
  • in the lump
  • lady lumps
  • like it or lump it
  • love it or lump it
  • lump hammer
  • lump in one's throat
  • lump it
  • lump sum
  • lump the lighter
  • lump together

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