1. A grouping of a number of similar things
   "a clump of trees";
   - bunch, cluster, clustering
    
2. A compact mass
   "a clump of mud caught him on the shoulder";
   - ball, clod, glob, lump, chunk
    
3. A heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects)
   "We heard the clump of footsteps on the stairs";
   - thump, thumping, clunk, thud, clonk

1. Come together as in a cluster or flock
   "The poets clump in this town every summer";
   - cluster, constellate, flock
    
2. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   "She clumped her fingers into a fist";
   - bunch, bundle, cluster
    
3. Walk clumsily and noisily
   "He clumped across the wooden floor in his heavy boots";
   - clomp
    
4. Make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
   "The horses clumped down the cobblestone street";
   - clop

Derived forms: clumped, clumps, clumping

Type of: agglomeration, assemble, foregather [formal], forgather, form, gather, go, meet, sound, walk

Encyclopedia: Clump