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Definitions for Lumper

[1] a day laborer employed to handle cargo, as fish or timber.
[2] Biology Informal . a taxonomist who believes that classifications should emphasize similarities among organisms and therefore favors large, inclusive taxa (opposed to splitter).
[3] a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
[4] a protuberance or swelling: a blow that raised a lump on his head.
[5] an aggregation, collection, or mass; clump: All the articles were piled in a great lump.
[6] 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?
[7] majority; plurality; multitude: The great lump of voters are still undecided.
[8] lumps, Informal . harsh criticism, punishment, or defeat: The new theory came in for some lumps when other scholars heard of it.
[9] Informal . a heavy, clumsy, and usually stupid person.
[10] in the form of a lump or lumps: lump sugar.
[11] made up of a number of items taken together; not separated or considered separately: The debts were paid in one lump sum.
[12] to unite into one aggregation, collection, or mass (often followed by together ): We lumped the reds and blues together.
[13] to deal with, handle, consider, etc., in the lump or mass: to lump unrelated matters indiscriminately.
[14] to make into a lump or lumps: to lump dough before shaping it into loaves.
[15] to raise into or cover with lumps: a plow lumping the moist earth.
[16] to form or raise a lump or lumps: Stir the gravy so that it doesn't lump.
[17] to move heavily and awkwardly: The big oaf lumped along beside me.
[18] US a stevedore; docker
[19] a small solid mass without definite shape
[20] pathol any small swelling or tumour
[21] a collection of things; aggregate
[22] informal an awkward, heavy, or stupid person
[23] (plural) US informal punishment, defeat, or reverses he took his lumps
[24] the lump British self-employed workers in the building trade considered collectively, esp with reference to tax and national insurance evasion (as modifier ) lump labour
[25] (modifier) in the form of a lump or lumps lump sugar
[26] a lump in one's throat a tight dry feeling in one's throat, usually caused by great emotion
[27] (tr often foll by together ) to collect into a mass or group
[28] (intr) to grow into lumps or become lumpy
[29] (tr) to consider as a single group, often without justification
[30] (tr) to make or cause lumps in or on
[31] (intr often foll by along ) to move or proceed in a heavy manner
[32] (tr) informal to tolerate or put up with; endure (in the phrase lump it )

Words nearby Lumper

lump sum, lumpectomy, lumpen, lumpenprole, lumpenproletariat, lumper, lumpfish, lumpish, lumpsucker, lumpy, lumpy jaw

Origin of Lumper

11250–1300; Middle English lumpe, lomp(e ); cognate with early Dutch lompe piece, Danish lump(e ) lump, dialectal Norwegian lump block

Other words from Lumper

lump·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Lumper

C16: origin uncertain