lumping

English

Verb

lumping

  1. present participle of lump

Adjective

lumping (comparative more lumping, superlative most lumping)

  1. bulky; heavy
    • 1712, John Arbuthnot, The History of John Bull:
      Wilt thou purchase it , Nic . ? thou shalt have a lumping pennyworth
    a lumping great thing

Noun

lumping (plural lumpings)

  1. The act or result of lumping things together.
    • 1972, Wendell H. Oswalt, Other Peoples, Other Customs: World Ethnography and Its History
      The systems called descriptive have fewer such lumpings; the terminology which prevails in the United States today serves as an example.

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