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ALL meanings of lumper

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  • noun lumper a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal. 1
  • noun lumper a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head. 1
  • noun lumper an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump. 1
  • noun lumper Also called lump of sugar. a small block of granulated sugar, designed for sweetening hot coffee, tea, etc.: How many lumps do you take in your coffee? 1
  • noun lumper majority; plurality; multitude: The great lump of voters are still undecided. 1
  • noun lumper lumps, Informal. harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat: The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it. 1
  • noun lumper Informal. a heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person. 1
  • adjective lumper in the form of a lump or lumps: lump sugar. 1
  • adjective lumper made up of a number of items taken together; not separated or considered separately: The debts were paid in one lump sum. 1
  • verb with object lumper to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often followed by together): We lumped the reds and blues together. 1
  • verb with object lumper to deal with, handle, consider, etc., in the lump or mass: to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately. 1
  • verb with object lumper to make into a lump or lumps: to lump dough before shaping it into loaves. 1
  • verb with object lumper to raise into or cover with lumps: a plow lumping the moist earth. 1
  • verb without object lumper to form or raise a lump or lumps: Stir the gravy so that it doesn't lump. 1
  • verb without object lumper to move heavily and awkwardly: The big oaf lumped along beside me. 1
  • idioms lumper get / take one's lumps, to receive or endure hardship, punishment, criticism, etc.: Without its star pitcher, the baseball team will get its lumps today. 1
  • noun lumper A laborer who unloads cargo. 1
  • noun lumper a stevedore; docker 0
  • noun lumper a laborer who helps to load and unload ships; longshoreman 0
  • noun lumper The viviparous eelpout. 0
  • noun lumper Extra labor hired by a trucking company to assist a driver and/or customer unloading or loading a truck. 0
  • noun lumper (biology, linguistics) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to keep categories such as species or dialects together in larger groups. 0
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