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What (who) is lump - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lumps; Lump (disambiguation)
lump
German for bad guy - not related with lumpi., as dogs are sometimes called.
This man is a lump.
This man is a lump.
Lump
·noun A mass or aggregation of things.
II. Lump ·vi To take in the gross; to speak of collectively.
III. Lump ·noun A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel.
IV. Lump ·vi To throw into a mass; to unite in a body or sum without distinction of particulars.
V. Lump ·vi To get along with as one can, although displeased; as, if he does n't like it, he can lump it.
VI. Lump ·noun A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.
lump
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. (often lump things together) put in an indiscriminate mass or group.
2. Brit. carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty.
Phrases
a lump in the throat a feeling of tightness in the throat caused by strong emotion.
take (or get) one's lumps informal, chiefly N. Amer. be attacked, punished, or defeated.
Derivatives
lumper noun
Origin
ME: perh. from a Gmc base meaning 'shapeless piece'.
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lump2
¦ verb (lump it) informal accept or tolerate something whether one likes it or not.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'look sulky'): symbolic of displeasure; cf. words such as dump and grump.
Wikipedia
Lump
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
- Lump (dog), a dog who inspired Pablo Picasso
- The Lump, a 1991 animated short film
- Lump hammer, a sledgehammer
- Lump, a thermo-spatial unit in a lumped capacitance model of a thermal system
- Swelling (medical)
- Globus pharyngis, a "lump in one's throat"
- Clay lump, a mudbrick
- Lump of coal, a threat to misbehaving children (instead of presents at Christmas); or a bringer of warmth for the New Year
- Lump, the Ober of Hearts in Schafkopf language
- Protusion on a tool surface, also known as gall
- LUMP, a musical collaboration of Laura Marling and Tunng member Mike Lindsay
- The practice of combining sets of individuals into one classification
Examples of use of lump
1. But text messages remain an anonymous, faceless lump number.
2. A lump sum payout option affords greater financial flexibility.
3. At the same time the lump would be routinely biopsied.
4. First she had surgery to cut out the malignant lump.
5. Most have also contributed a lump sum to their schemes.