CLUMPING

clop, clippety-clop, clip-clop, clopping, clunking, clumping

(noun) the sound of a horse’s hoofs hitting on a hard surface

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

clumping

present participle of clump

Noun

clumping (plural clumpings)

A clump or cluster.

The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.

Source: Wiktionary


CLUMP

Clump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. kllimp; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.]

1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.

Clump, v. t.

Definition: To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore.

Clump, v. i.

Definition: To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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