tump

American  

[tuhmp] / tʌmp /

noun

British Dialect.

1. a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.

2. a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, especially rising from a swamp or bog.

3. a heap or stack, as a haystack.

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tump British  

/ tʌmp /

noun

1. dialect a small mound or clump

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Etymology

Origin of tump

First recorded in 1580–90; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

That’s why she use her walker—so she don’t get dizzy and tump over.

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

Wait to see if she was going to 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.

And we have both the tump and the church of Exmes thrown in ἐν παρέρλῳ.

From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden

At length there was a faint tump ta tump ta.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson