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chumping

British  
/ ˈtʃʌmpɪŋ /

noun

  1. dialect collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of chumping

from chump 1 (sense 2)

Example Sentences

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Or, press his teeth to hear chumping sounds.

From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2014

"It's as dry as chumping chaff!" she confided dismally.

From The Head Girl at the Gables by Brazil, Angela

Coleman, in his excitement, felt, more than he saw, glossy horse flanks, green-clothed men chumping in their saddles, banging sabres and canteens, and carbines slanted in line.

From Active Service by Crane, Stephen

Vanslyperken followed: but the sow proved that she could fight as well as run, every minute turning round to bay, and chumping and grumbling in a very formidable manner.

From Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend by Marryat, Frederick

And there they all stood chumping in silence.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 19, 1917 by Various