glump

English

Etymology 1

See glum.

Verb

glump (third-person singular simple present glumps, present participle glumping, simple past and past participle glumped)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, archaic, southern, England) To be glum; to sulk.
Derived terms

References

glump”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Blend of glom or glob +‎ clump

Noun

glump (plural glumps)

  1. A globular clump.

Verb

glump (third-person singular simple present glumps, present participle glumping, simple past and past participle glumped)

  1. To have an affinity for clumping into a glob.
    • 2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (5:09 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks[1], season 5, episode 3, spoken by Samanthan Rutherford (Eugene Cordero):
      “There's some ionic residue on this lamp. Glumpus was here for sure.” “Glumpus?” “I decided to give the nanites a name, since they glump so much.” “Aw, cute.”