clump

1. 1.

   a grouping of a number of similar things

   “a bunch of trees”

   “a cluster of admirers”

   Synonymsbunchclusterclustering

   Broaderagglomeration

   NarrowerknotswadtuftNorthern CrossOmega CentauriPleiades
2. 2.

   a compact mass

   “a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder”

   Synonymsballclodgloblumpchunk

   Broaderagglomeration

   Narrowerclotgobclew
3. 3.

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

   Synonymsthumpthumpingclunkthud

   Broadersound

Other forms of clump

plural

clumps·

past tense

clumped·

present participle

clumping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about clump

What does clump mean?

clump means "make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clump?

clump has 1 syllable: clump. In IPA it is /ˈklʌmp/.

What is another word for clump?

Close synonyms include clop, clunk, plunk, cluster, constellate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clump a common word?

clump is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.