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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

The sea cows went on schlooping and grazing, and chumping in the weed, and Kotick asked them questions in every language that he had picked up in his travels; and the Sea People talk nearly as many languages as human beings.

From Project Gutenberg

At a neighbouring table two Germans were making a hearty meal, chumping the meat and smacking their lips in a kind of heavy ecstasy.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

They have a great objection in these parts to feed any particular horse, or horses, except at the same time with all the others, believing that those of the animals who have nothing to eat, hearing the others chumping their corn, are made envious.

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