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
The entire stock of grub gotten the day before had been put away neatly and carefully and the dunnage bags and tump lines were piled in a heap at one end of the table.
From Bob Hunt in Canada by Orton, George W.
The last mile could be covered more quickly by this route than by following the tump trail past the rapids, and it would lead them straight to the camp.
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
The tump must be older than the munitio proper; but we may be sure that the makers of the munitio did not leave it out of their reckonings.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden
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