clump (n.)

  1. a grouping of a number of similar things; a bunch of trees; a cluster of admirers

    [ Syn: bunch , cluster , clustering ]

  2. a compact mass; a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder

    [ Syn: ball , clod , glob , lump , chunk ]

  3. a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

    [ Syn: thump , thumping , clunk , thud ]

    clump (v.)

  1. make or move along with a sound as of a horses hooves striking the ground

    [ Syn: clop , clunk , plunk ]

  2. come together as in a cluster or flock; The poets constellate in this town every summer

    [ Syn: cluster , constellate , flock ]

  3. walk clumsily

    [ Syn: clomp ]

  4. gather or cause to gather into a cluster; She bunched her fingers into a fist

    [ Syn: bunch , bunch up , bundle , cluster ]

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