English

Noun

tump ‎(plural tumps)

1. (Britain, rare) A mound or hillock.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.

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Verb

tump ‎(third-person singular simple present tumps, present participle tumping, simple past and past participle tumped)

1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.

   to tump teasel

Etymology 2

Possibly from tumpoke.

Verb

tump ‎(third-person singular simple present tumps, present participle tumping, simple past and past participle tumped)

1. (transitive, Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")

   Don't tump that bucket over!

2. (intransitive, Southern US) To fall over.
3. (US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.

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Etymology 3

From Penobscot; see tumpline for more.

Noun

tump ‎(plural tumps)

1. (uncommon) A tumpline.