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.
In St. Dogmell’s parish, Pembrokeshire, there is a tump which bears the name of ‘Cnwc y Celwydd,’ videlicet, the Tump of Lies.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
After the manner of people when so engaged, they set forth with great energy and climbed up a steep little rock tump a few hundred yards distant.
From Above the Snow Line by Dent, Clinton Thomas
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