CLUMPS

Etymology

The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.

Verb

clumps

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clump

Noun

clumps

plural of clump

Noun

clumps

A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.

Synonym: clubs

Source: Wiktionary

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Clumps, n.

Definition: A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.

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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