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clump
English
Etymology
From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glemb?- (“lump, clamp”).Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl?mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
clump (plural clumps)
- A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.
- A thick group or bunch, especially of bushes or hair.
- 1954, Lucian Hobart Ryland (translator), Adelaide of Brunswick (originally by Marquis de Sade)
- clump of trees
- 1954, Lucian Hobart Ryland (translator), Adelaide of Brunswick (originally by Marquis de Sade)
- A dull thud.
- The compressed clay of coal strata.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C to this entry?)
- A small group of trees or plants.
- (historical) A thick addition to the sole of a shoe.
Derived terms
- clumpy
Translations
- to be checked
Verb
clump (third-person singular simple present clumps, present participle clumping, simple past and past participle clumped)
- (transitive, intransitive) To form clusters or lumps.
- (transitive, intransitive) To gather in dense groups.
- (intransitive) To walk with heavy footfalls.
- (transitive, Britain, regional) To strike; to beat.
- 1912, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, The Go-Between (page 79)
- There is his poor little cap hanging up on the door; and there on the table is the knife he chipped a piece out of through not minding the mark on the knife machine, and I clumped his head for him, poor lamb!
- 1912, Mrs. Coulson Kernahan, The Go-Between (page 79)
Derived terms
- clump up
Translations
References
Further reading
- Clump in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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clang
English
Etymology
1570, of imitative origin; Compare also Saterland Frisian Kloang, West Frisian klank, Dutch klank, German Klang (from klingen), Danish and Swedish klang, Latin clangere.
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?ng, IPA(key): /klæ?/
- Rhymes: -æ?
Noun
clang (plural clangs)
- A loud, ringing sound, like that made by free-hanging metal objects striking each other.
- Quality of tone.
- The cry of some birds, including the crane and the goose.
- (psychology, psychiatry) A word or phrase linked only by sound and not by meaning, characteristic of some mental disorders.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- For much of this day, Mrs Y. wrote in her diary, covering page after page in a rapid scrawl full of paligraphic repetitions, puns, clangs, and violent, perseverative crossings-out […]
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- (music) Alternative form of klang
Translations
Verb
clang (third-person singular simple present clangs, present participle clanging, simple past and past participle clanged)
- (transitive) To strike (objects) together so as to produce a clang.
- (intransitive) To give out a clang; to resound.
Derived terms
- clanger
- clanging
- clangy
Translations
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