Tump

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tÊŒmp/

Welsh twmp, twm.

Full definition of tump

Noun

1. (British, 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.

Verb

1. To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.to tump teasel

Possibly from tumpoke.

Verb

1. (transitive, Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over")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.

From Penobscot; see tumpline for more.

Noun

1. (uncommon) A tumpline.