lump

1 a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal" [syn: hunk]

2 a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder" [syn: ball, clod, glob, clump, chunk]

3 abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn: swelling, puffiness]

4 an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod, stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, gawk]

1 put together indiscriminately; "lump together all the applicants" [syn: chunk]

2 group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side [syn: collocate, chunk]

English

Etymology

Confer German Lumpen ("rag") and Lump ("ragamuffin").

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

1. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.

   Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.

2. A group, set, or unit.

   The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.

Derived terms

• lump in one's throat

Translations

• Spanish: trozo , terrón , grumo , bulto

Verb

1. To treat as a single unit; to group together.

   People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.

See also

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

Lump may refer to:

• "Lump" (song), a 1995 song by The Presidents of the United States of America
• Lump (compilation album), a 2000 best-of album by The Presidents of the United States of America
• The Lump, a 1991 short animated film
• Lump sum, a one time payment of money
• Lump Sugar, a 2006 South Korean film
• Lump hammer, a tool
• Lumped parameters, in mathematical modelling
• Swelling (medical), causes a lump
• Jerry Lumpe, a baseball player

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