lump
35
7.7
- noun
- /lʌmp/
- Offensive
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- Are you just gonna stand there like a big lump?
So I'm thinking he's not a big lump, you know what I mean?
- So I'm thinking he's not a big lump, you know what I mean?
- And I'd like to stop being a lump of potato in my mother's house.
Examples
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Get up here, you big lump.
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All she's got is that useless lump, Brian, to look after.
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Yo, Lump, let's get out of here.
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"I'm going to sit and watch TV and be a lump."
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Despite herself, Rose felt a lump of sympathy form in her throat.
Fiction book (1998) -
That lump of a boy Always trailing after Serius Black
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Elwyn was a prime example of an evolutionary dead end: a fifty-year-old lump bundled in flannel, doomed to eternal bachelorhood.
Fiction book (1999) -
He just sat there like a big lump, not helping with the chores at all.
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After the long hike, he felt like a lump, too tired to do anything else.
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When it came to dancing, she felt like a complete lump and didn't want to join in.
Synonyms
38
7.8
A person who acts in a silly or clumsy way
22
8.2
A person who is clumsy and often drops things
19
6.4
A clumsy, awkward person who behaves rudely or carelessly
16
8.9
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
11
7.9
A person who is rude and clumsy in social situations
9
7.7
A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
3
7.9
A person who is not good at a sport or other activity
2
8.3
A person who often makes mistakes and seems clumsy
2
9.9
A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
2
9.9
A large clumsy person who often knocks things over
1
9.9
A person who is clumsy and acts in a silly, awkward way
1
9.9
A clumsy person who is awkward in movement or manners
1
9.9
A person who acts silly or clumsy and makes others laugh
1
8.1
A person who is clumsy and often seems not clever
1
9.9
A person who acts foolish or refuses to listen
1
9.9
A person who is not very smart
1
3.4
A person who moves awkwardly and often drops or breaks things
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
1
9.9
A clumsy person who is slow to understand and often acts foolishly
1
9.9
A rude word for a person who is slow to understand
A person who is clumsy and looks a little silly
A person who is clumsy or foolish
A rude name for people who act silly
A clumsy person who often drops or breaks things
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
A person who is not very smart
Antonyms
Idioms
7
4.9
A tight, uncomfortable feeling in the throat when you feel very sad or nervous and want to cry
Compounds
- Specialized
16
3.7
A single large payment that you get all at once instead of in smaller parts
How Clumsy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calling someone a lump compares a person to a heavy or useless 'lump' of material, so it came to mean a clumsy or slow-witted person. That's why telling someone not to be a lump means don't be useless or inactive.