Phrase Hound found 21 phrases and 26 compound words that contain lump. The most common are listed below. Open lump in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 21
- lump sumA relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.
- lump hammerA small sledgehammer, intended for single-handed use.
- lump togetherTo put different items or groups together and regard or treat them as one single group (either knowingly or unknowingly, and either advisedly or unadvisedly).
- lump-sugarSynonym of sugar cube: Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.
- lump in one's throatStrong emotion, either happy or sad, causing someone to be on the verge of crying; a sensation of tightness in the throat associated herewith.
- Gale's LumpAn area of Chesapeake Bay, near Baltimore, Maryland, designated as an oyster sanctuary.
- lump to one's throatOn the point of crying due to strong emotion, either happy or sad.
- lump sumsplural of lump sum: A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments.
- lump upTo beat (someone): to cause (someone) to be swollen.
- sugar lumpSynonym of sugar cube: Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.
- Welsh lumpSynonym of Welsh not: A wooden board hung around the neck of a student who was caught speaking the Welsh language, as a punitive method to discourage students from speaking the language.
- lump hammersplural of lump hammer: A small sledgehammer, intended for single-handed use.
- expository lumpA portion of a story that contains an excessive amount of exposition.
- like it or lump itTo accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.
- bring a lump to someone's throatTo engender a strong emotional reaction.
- love it or lump itSynonym of like it or lump it: To accept a situation whether one agrees with it or not.
- bringing a lump to someone's throatpresent participle and gerund of bring a lump to someone's throat
- brings a lump to someone's throatthird-person singular simple present indicative of bring a lump to someone's throat: To engender a strong emotional reaction.
- brought a lump to someone's throatsimple past and past participle of bring a lump to someone's throat
- lump workWork contracted for, or taken by the lump.
- lump the lighterTo be transported as a felon.
Compound words 26
- lumpsuckerAny of the scorpaeniform fish in the family Cyclopteridae, with adhesive pelvic discs.
- lumpishHaving an ill-defined or rough form or shape like a lump; lumplike.
- lumpsomeCharacterised or marked by lumps
- lunkheadA fool or idiot.
- lumplikeCharacteristic of or resembling a lump; lumpish.
- gluelumpA light glueball consisting of a single gluon.
- lumpabilityThe extent to which a matrix is lumpable.
- lumpfishA lumpsucker.
- lumplessWithout lumps.
- lumpmanA worker in salt production who shaped the salt into lumps as it dried.