lumpingn.
/ˈlʌmpɪŋ/ 1. The action of lump v.3 in various senses.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [noun] > lumpiness > forming lumps
lumping1607
clottering1611
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > composite collectiveness > placing together as a mass or quantity
lumping1757
slumping1822
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > swelling > [noun]
swalm?c1225
bolninga1340
swelling1377
blowinga1398
tumefaction1598
swelth1631
turgency1650
tumidity1828
lumping1851
nodulation1862
nodularity1948
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [noun]
indistinction1624
muddiness1645
indiscrimination1649
puddling1695
undiscerning1711
muddying1713
under-niceness1748
confusion1771
mixing1831
confounding1850
colour blindness1861
undiscriminatingness1866
muddling1873
indiscriminateness1879
unfastidiousness1881
indiscriminancy1890
lumping1903
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice vii. 12 It is very good to saue the blood..and whilst he bleeds to stir it about for lumping.
1757 Monitor No. 96 II. 424 The lumping of characters together, and giving them in such general terms, as convey no distinct and clear idea.
1851 Fraser's Mag. Aug. 144 With..a dryness and lumping in my throat.
1903 Speaker 14 Mar. 576/2 The Committee could object to the ‘lumping’ of votes.
2. The occupation or business of a ‘lumper’.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > loading or unloading cargo
lumping1861
stevedoring1879
longshoring1926
downloading1962
1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) III. 289/2 In order to become acquainted with the system of lumping.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
lumpingadj.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > full of lumps > forming into lumps
lumping1751
1751 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. III 119 The Blood begins to boil, and the Heat rarefies and disperses the lumping Mass.
a. Weighing heavy. Obsolete.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > weight or relative heaviness > [adjective] > heavy
heavyc1000
unlightc1330
sada1375
chargeousa1382
lumpinga1400
ponderousa1400
weighingc1400
poisant1477
peisant1483
wieldlya1500
weighty1500
peiseda1522
burdenous1529
weightful1530
grave1570
leaden1578
plumbeousa1586
wieldy1592
peisy1599
well-weighing?1615
lead-like1816
hefty1867
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 620/303 Heore hertes were colde as lumpyng led.
b. Hence colloquial: Great, big. (Cf. thumping adj. 2, bouncing adj., etc.) Formerly often in phr. (now dialect) lumping pennyworth = ‘plenty for one's money’. Also lumping weight, good or full weight.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective]
unlittleeOE
mickleeOE
greateOE
mucha1154
mainc1275
boldc1300
fadec1330
largec1392
tallc1430
big1444
masterfula1450
grand1452
largy1558
fine1590
bonnya1600
large-sized1628
roomly1682
lumping?1706
maun1743
strapping1827
barn door1829
serious1843
jumboesque1893
jumbo1897
economy-sized1930
L1942
jumbo-size1949
economy size1950
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or more than one reckons on
lumping pennyworth?1706
butter weight1733
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. viii. 73 But Money is Money,..and therefore a lumping peny-worth Priest-craft will afford you, as aforesaid.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. vi. 30 Wilt thou purchase it Nic.? thou shalt have a lumping Pennyworth.
1753 Scots Mag. 330/1 We are not to wonder at the lumping compliments.
1768 G. White Let. 22 Jan. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 39 A full-grown mus medius domesticus weighs..one ounce lumping weight.
1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 16 One lumping assumption there is, upon which the whole strength of his argument rests.
1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata II. xiv. 103 A family group with three or four lumping brats around her.
1881 W. C. Russell Ocean Free-lance II. 30 She should be a lumping boat, to judge by the size of her mainsail.
c. Of movement: Heavy, clumsy, attended by heavy shocks. Also of the noise produced by such movement.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adjective] > heavily or clumsily
unwieldlya1513
unwieldy1530
wieldy1588
ponderous1808
lumping1884
pot-walloping1899
1884 C. Reade Good Stories 254 There was a lumping noise and a great clatter.
3. Characterized by putting things together indiscriminately or without regard for detail.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective]
blinda1400
unchoosinga1586
undiscerning1589
unrespective1609
irrespecting1625
promiscuous1633
incurious1645
indistinct1650
irrespective1650
uncritical1659
indiscerning1664
undistinguishing1665
undistinguishable1702
unrefining1735
indiscriminating1754
undiscriminating1776
indiscriminate1792
unfastidious1816
rough1819
lumping1827
indistinguishing1828
unparticularizing1828
farraginous1837
imperceiverant1844
scattergun1845
undistinctive1851
indiscriminative1854
unselecting1895
scattershot1961
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. viii. 435 By lumping charges together, and (after a lumping mass of proof) pronouncing a lumping judgment on the whole mass,—a precedent has been set.
1896 Engin. Mag. 16 48 The factory manager accustomed to ‘lumping’ methods of cost-keeping.
Derivatives
ˈlumpingly adv. heavily and clumsily.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adverb] > heavily or clumsily
lumpingly1847
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 61 741 The canvass flapped against the mast, as the old girl rolled lumpingly in the swell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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