Sekirov Dictionary

clumper

UK /ˈklʌmpə/US /ˈklʌmpɚ/

noun 10
verb 3
forms 3

noun10

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Something that forms clumps.
- The clumper, MP, had no glucosyltransferase activity on the surface but did in the Golgi, while the non-clumper, HR, had it on the surface and not in the Golgi. — 1972
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A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
- Bell compared the success of two species with contrasting architecture (a clumper and a runner form) as they grew either in competition with each other or alone. — 1997
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A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.
- This was then pumped up to an elevated tank and piped from there through a constant-level tank to the dropper tubes of the clumper placed in a row above the drum. — 1912
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One who clumps; one who walks with a clumping gait.
- do you turn your toes out and walk on the inside of your feet to avoid discomfort? In other words, are you a clumper? — 1929
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One who generalizes or finds commonalities, as opposed to one who focuses on identifying differences
- As an old clumper myself, I'm just now beginning to see how I must sometimes split and next time I want to tell you more about that.' — 1979
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A heavy boot or shoe.
- Men state that they much prefer the old 'clumper' boot for comfort. — 1905
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A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls.
- Anyone who paused for a moment in this wasteland would hear the everlasting, clump, clump, clump; clump, clumper, clumper-clump of heavy boots on raised boards. — 2014
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(Australia) A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale.
- One of two such brought in during my visit was an unbroken seven-year-old mare of the clumper breed. — 1951
The larger claw of a lobster.
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(Newfoundland) Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).
- All he wanted now was to rest a little; just to sit down awhile, behind a clumper, to stretch out his tormented legs, to lie back a few minutes. — 1924

verb3

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To move heavily; to clomp or clump.
- The palms of TV looked especially welcome as the plane clumpered down on a hazy tarmac in a greenish, weedy field. — 1991
To make a clumping noise.
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(no longer used) To form into clumps or masses.
- Vapours […] clumper'd in balls of clouds. — 1647

forms

clumpered · clumpering · clumpers

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