lumping
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈlʌmpɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʌmpɪŋ
- Hyphenation: lump‧ing
Adjective edit
lumping (comparative more lumping, superlative most lumping)
- Bulky; heavy.
- a lumping great thing
- 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “The Discourse that Pass’d between Nic. Frog and Esquire South, which John Bull Overheard”, in Lewis Baboon Turned Honest, and John Bull Politician. Being the Fourth Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 30:
- VVilt thou purchaſe it Nic.? thou ſhalt have a lumping Pennyvvorth; nay, rather than vve ſhould differ, I'll give thee ſomething to take it off my Hands.
Noun edit
lumping (plural lumpings)
- gerund of lump: 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.
Verb edit
lumping
- present participle and gerund of lump