tump
Americannoun
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a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
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a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, especially rising from a swamp or bog.
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a heap or stack, as a haystack.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tump
First recorded in 1580–90; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Wait to see if she was going to tump over.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
That’s why she use her walker—so she don’t get dizzy and tump over.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
They was so hard and stiff they go 'tump, tump, tump,' when we walk.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Texas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
A barrow or mound of any kind is a "tump."
From A Cotswold Village by J. Arthur Gibbs
And we have both the tump and the church of Exmes thrown in ἐν παρέρλῳ.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton
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