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A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore. " A lump of cheese." Piers Plowman. " This lump of clay." Shak.

The European eelpout; -- called also lumpen.

A large, thick, clumsy, marine fish (Cyclopterus lumpus) of Europe and America. The color is usually translucent sea green, sometimes purplish. It has a dorsal row of spiny tubercles, and three rows on each side, but has no scales. The ventral fins unite and form a ventral sucker for adhesion to stones and seaweeds. Ca…

Bulky; heavy. Arbuthnot.

Like a lump; inert; gross; heavy; dull; spiritless. " Lumpish, heavy, melancholy." Shak. -- Lump"ish*ly, adv. -- Lump"ish*ness, n.

The lumprish.

Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

Actinomycosis. [Colloq.]

A cluster; a group; a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.

To form into clumps or masses. [Obs.] Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More.

wo persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.

Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt.

To manifest sullenness; to sulk. [Colloq.]

Glum; sullen; sulky. [Colloq.] "He was glumpy enough." T. Hook.

Well rounded or filled out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak. The god of wine did his plump clusters bring. T. Carew.

One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth to distend the cheeks.

Fully; roundly; plainly; without reserve. [Colloq.]

The quality or state of being plump.

Plump; fat; sleek. "Plumpy Bacchus." Shak.

The gross amount; the mass; the lump. [Scot.]