lump

  • 41lump — [13] The origins of lump are obscure. It presumably emerged from an imperfectly recorded medieval Germanic substratum of words for ‘coarse or shapeless things’ (also represented perhaps by Low German lump ‘coarse, heavy’ and Dutch lomp ‘rag’),… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42lump — lump1 noun 1》 a compact mass, especially one without a definite or regular shape.     ↘a swelling under the skin. 2》 informal a heavy, ungainly, or slow witted person. 3》 (the lump) Brit. informal casual employment in the building trade. verb 1》… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 43lump — I 1. noun 1) a lump of coal Syn: chunk, hunk, piece, mass, block, wedge, slab, cake, nugget, ball, brick, cube, pat, knob, clod, gobbet, dollop, wad; informal …

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  • 44lúmp — a m, im. mn. lúmpi in lúmpje (ȗ) slabš. ničvreden človek, malopridnež: izvedela sem, kakšen lump je; če je raztrgan, še ni rečeno, da je lump / lumpa so prijeli zločinca, hudodelca / kot psovka: tekla je za njim in kričala: lopov, lump;… …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 45lump — [13] The origins of lump are obscure. It presumably emerged from an imperfectly recorded medieval Germanic substratum of words for ‘coarse or shapeless things’ (also represented perhaps by Low German lump ‘coarse, heavy’ and Dutch lomp ‘rag’),… …

    Word origins

  • 46lump — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape 2. a. aggregate, totality < taken in the lump > b. majority 3. protuberance; especial …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 47lump — 1. noun 1) a lump of coal Syn: chunk, hunk, piece, block, wedge, slab, ball, knob, clod 2) a lump on his head Syn: swelling, bump, bulge …

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  • 48lump —   Pu u, haku, huku, lā au, pou;    ♦ lump, as left by disease of glands in the neck, pala e;    ♦ lump under the skin, pu u, kaniu;    ♦ lump on joints or in the groin, pu u, pu uhau. See sugar.    ♦ Lumps on neck, ā ī pu u …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 49Lump it! — exclam. Forget it!; Go away! (See also Like it or lump it!) □ Well, you can just lump it! □ Lump it! Drop dead! …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 50lump — 1. noun a) 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. b) A group, set …

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