Dictionary

lumpy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlʌmpi/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English lump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English lumpy From lump + -y.

Meanings

1. Full of lumps, not smooth, uneven.
   • With the bathers, especially, bodies harden into things. Torsos like clay. Buttocks like pears. More classically proportioned figures could be paired, on the same page, with squatter, lumpier piles of flesh. 2021 June 27, Jason Farago, “The Cézanne We’ve Forgotten How to See”, in The New York Times:
   • The film makes fun of the lumpiest and palest set of tourists ever to carry plastic shoulder bags. It makes fun of an upwardly mobile hotel manager, married to a lecherous blonde. 1976 May 20, Richard Eder, “Film: 'Smile Orange,' Jamaican Story”, in The New York Times:
   • The universe appears to be slightly lumpier, with bigger and more hot and cold spots in the northern half of the sky as seen from Earth than toward the south, for example. And there is a large, unexplained cool spot in the northern hemisphere. 2013 March 21, Dennis Overbye, “Universe as an Infant: Fatter Than Expected and Kind of Lumpy”, in The New York Times:
   • The NIC warns that rail investment is being spread too thinly across too many projects, and calls for a proper long-term pipeline of projects, instead of the present stop-start policies dictated by the lumpy flow of money from HM Treasury. 2024 May 29, Howard Johnston, “Network News: NIC criticises Government's West Coast 'do nothing' policy”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 16:
   • I don't know which was worse, the lumpy soup or the lumpy bed.
2. Of a water surface: covered in many small waves as a result of wind; choppy.

Forms

Coordinates

bumpy

Deriveds

lumpy dick · lumpy jaw · lumpiness · lumpy jumper · lumpily · lumpy skin disease

Translations (27)

mi huahua (full of lumps) · fi nystyräinen (full of lumps) · mi hīnarunaru (characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy) · cs hrudkovitý (full of lumps) · es grumoso (full of lumps) · mi hōpūpū (full of lumps) · sv klimpig (full of lumps) · fr grumeleux (full of lumps) · cs chuchvalcovitý (full of lumps) · sh грудвичаст (full of lumps) · de klumpig (full of lumps) · izh känkykäs (full of lumps) · mi pōkurukuru (full of lumps) · cs žmolkovitý (full of lumps) · ga cnapánach (full of lumps) · ar مُتَكَتِّل (full of lumps) · nb klumpete (full of lumps) · sh grudvičast (full of lumps) · mi hīngarungaru (characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy) · bg накъдрен (characteristic of a watery surface covered by many small waves because of wind, choppy) · ga fadharcánach (full of lumps) · bg на буци (full of lumps) · mi pukupuku (full of lumps) · nb klumpete (full of lumps) · sga cnoccach (full of lumps) · ca grumollós (full of lumps) · la tūberōsus (full of lumps)