TUMP

Etymology 1

Noun

tump (plural tumps)

(British, rare) A mound or hillock.

• R. D. Blackmore

Verb

tump (third-person singular simple present tumps, present participle tumping, simple past and past participle tumped)

(transitive) To form a mass of earth or a hillock around.

Etymology 2

Verb

tump (third-person singular simple present tumps, present participle tumping, simple past and past participle tumped)

(transitive, Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")

(intransitive, Southern US) To fall over.

(US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.

Etymology 3

Noun

tump (plural tumps)

(uncommon) A tumpline.

Source: Wiktionary


Tump, n. Etym: [W. twmp, twm, a round mass or heap, a hillock.]

Definition: A little hillock; a knoll. Ainsworth.

Tump, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tumped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tumping.]

1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about; as, to tump teasel.

2. To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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