clump

n 1: a thick grouping of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a

cluster of admirers" [syn: {bunch}, {cluster}]

2: a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

[syn: {ball}, {clod}, {glob}, {lump}, {chunk}]

3: a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)

[syn: {thump}, {thumping}, {clunk}, {thud}]

v 1: make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves

striking the ground [syn: {clop}, {clunk}, {plunk}]

2: come together as in a cluster or flock; "The poets

constellate in this town every summer" [syn: {cluster}, {constellate},

{flock}]

3: walk clumsily [syn: {clomp}]

4: gather or cause to gather into a cluster; "She bunched her

fingers into a fist"; "The students bunched up at the

registration desk" [syn: {bunch}, {bunch up}, {bundle}, {cluster}]