clumps
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
clumps
- third-person singular simple present indicative of clump
Noun[edit]
clumps
Noun[edit]
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
- 1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia:
- We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first.
- 1976, John Betjeman, Indoor Games near Newbury:
- There you looked and there you led me off into the game of clumps.