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Etymology
Confer German Lumpen ("rag") and Lump ("ragamuffin").
Pronunciation
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Noun
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#Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group.
#:Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
#A group, set, or unit.
#:The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
Derived terms
lump in one's throat
Translations
Spanish: trozo m, terrón m, grumo m, bulto m
Verb
en-verb
#To treat as a single unit; to group together.
#:People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures.
See also
take one's lumps|take one�s lumps
lump it
like it or lump it
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