clumps

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

clumps

  • /klʌmps/

Rhymes with -ʌmps

Where it comes from

The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of clump

noun

  1. plural plural of clump

noun

  1. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions. We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first.

    Similar: clubs

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"clumps." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/clumps. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

clumps. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/clumps

Chicago

"clumps." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/clumps.

BibTeX
@misc{clumps_2026,
  title = {clumps},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clumps},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}