clumps

English

Etymology

The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /klʌmps/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmps

Verb

clumps

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clump

Noun

clumps

  1. plural of clump

Noun

clumps

  1. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
    Synonym: clubs
    • 1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia:
      We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first.
    • 1976, John Betjeman, Indoor Games near Newbury
      There you looked and there you led me off into the game of clumps.
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