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- Dictionarytump/tʌmp/
noun
- 1. a small rounded hill or mound; a tumulus.
- 2. a clump of trees, shrubs, or grass.
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noun. ˈtəmp. 1. dialectal, chiefly England : mound, hummock. 2. : a clump of vegetation. tump. 2 of 2. verb. tumped; tumping; tumps. intransitive verb. chiefly Southern US : to tip or turn over especially accidentallyusually used with over. sooner or later everybody tumps over.
Tump definition: a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.. See examples of TUMP used in a sentence.
noun. British, Dialectal. a small mound or clump. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word Frequency. tump in American English. (tʌmp) noun Brit dialect. 1. a small mound, hill, or rise of ground. 2.
Define tump. tump synonyms, tump pronunciation, tump translation, English dictionary definition of tump. v. tumped , tump·ing , tumps Chiefly Southern US v. tr. To overturn. Often used with over : You're about to tump that thing over. v. intr. To fall over....
Jun 2, 2024 · tump (third-person singular simple present tumps, present participle tumping, simple past and past participle tumped) ( transitive ) To form a mass of earth or a hillock around. to tump teasel
noun. A small mound or clump. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A clump of trees, shrubs, or grass. American Heritage. (uncommon) A tumpline. Wiktionary. Other Word Forms of Tump.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb tump. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
tump ( pl. tumps) ( British, rare) A mound or hillock. 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!: The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
Dial.] British Terms a small mound, hill, or rise of ground. Botany a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, esp. rising from a swamp or bog. British Terms a heap or stack, as a haystack. of obscure origin, originally 1580–90. 'tump' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): dumb - tumpline.
Apr 27, 2019 · OED says the origin of both 'tump' (transitive verb, US, to "drag or carry by means of a tump-line", OED) and 'tump-line' (noun, "local U.S.", op. cit.) is "obscure". 'Tump-line' means. a line or strap passing across the forehead and attached to a pack on the back thus aiding the burden bearer.
