tump

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʌmp/

Etymology 1

Welsh twmp, twm

Noun

tump (plural tumps)

1. (UK, rare) A mound or hillock.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

     The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.

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Etymology 2

Possibly from tumpoke

Verb

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

1. (transitive, southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over")

   Don't tump that bucket over!

2. (intransitive, southern US) To fall over.
3. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.

   to tump teasel

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

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See also

• tumpline