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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....
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.
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
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb tump. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English.
In general, the word is used when something falls over, spills over, or is knocked over. You can tump someone over or be tumped over by someone else. It’s a useful word — but is it...
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.
