clumper

noun

1. Something that forms clumps.

   “The clumper, MP, had no glucosyltransferase activity on the surface but did in the Golgi, while the non-clumper, HR, had it on the surface and not in the Golgi.”

   “[…] the same molecualr ^([sic]) weight as a clumper did not aggregate in broth (Fig. 4) .”

   “in the case of spreading versus clumping eggs, when the average fitness is calculated for a large number of spreaders, the issue of individual variance in reproductive success vanishes. Put another way, the contribution to the overall average fitness by a clumper who loses her nest and produces zero offspring is exactly offset by a successful clumper that produces a whole brood ( see also Hopper et al. 2003 )”

2. Something that forms clumps.

   “Bell compared the success of two species with contrasting architecture (a clumper and a runner form) as they grew either in competition with each other or alone.”

   “In contrast, clumper growth may have decreased in marl because they are less physiologically integrated, limiting the clonal growth of ramets produced in resource-poor marl patches.”

   “Bamboo can be as delicate as the umbrella bamboo, Fargesia murieliae, a clumper with soft pea-green foliage and a weeping habit, or as heroic as Phyllostachys edulis, whose sturdy olive-green canes can grow 70 feet in a single season.”

3. Something that forms clumps.

   “As an old clumper myself, I'm just now beginning to see how I must sometimes split and next time I want to tell you more about that.'”

   “The archaeologist stated, "It all depends on whether you were a splitter or a clumper, and asked what was I?" I replied "I was a clumper and did not see any purpose in misnaming artifacts for the sale of posters."”

   “Systemists tend to be clumpers, but it should be very risky for them to ingnore the laborious works of the splitters.”

4. A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.

   “This was then pumped up to an elevated tank and piped from there through a constant-level tank to the dropper tubes of the clumper placed in a row above the drum.”

5. The larger claw of a lobster.

   “"Reckon he's getting on for five pounds," said Richard eagerly. "Look at the size of that clumper claw ! " The two asymmetric claws of the lobster were known as the pincher and the clumper, and the clumper was always bigger .”

6. (Newfoundland)Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).

   “An' the glow was the light of our fire, which had come close t' my father's place; for—look you—my father's clumper was heavy an' slow t' move, an' the pans o' the floe, whipped t' racin' speed by the wind, was drivin' past, with the win'ward edge o' the ice overhaulin' that clumper all the while.”

   “All he wanted now was to rest a little; just to sit down awhile, behind a clumper, to stretch out his tormented legs, to lie back a few minutes.”

   “The worse thing I seen was when I tried to get another pan and I fell over a clumper. Only it warn't no clumper. 'Twas Reuben Crewe and his son, froze together, and the old fellow's arms tight around the lad, and the lad's head buried under his father's jacket.”

7. A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls.

   “Anyone who paused for a moment in this wasteland would hear the everlasting, clump, clump, clump; clump, clumper, clumper-clump of heavy boots on raised boards.”

8. One who clumps; one who walks with a clumping gait.

   “do you turn your toes out and walk on the inside of your feet to avoid discomfort? In other words, are you a clumper?”

   “Must be a different guard, this clump-clumper, he thought, sitting up on the cot and rubbing the sleep from his eyes with the backs of his hands.”

   “The clumper's identity was revealed. At least, it was revealed to me, this famed clumper and opener- of-doors being one who didn't himself have any idea who he really was.”

9. A heavy boot or shoe.

   “Men state that they much prefer the old 'clumper' boot for comfort.”

   “It was now getting colder, so I opted for men's long woollen stockings and a very old pair of riding breeches, the Y clumper shoes and my oldest British Warm with an Irish flash sewn on it .”

10. (Australia)A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale.

    “One of two such brought in during my visit was an unbroken seven-year-old mare of the clumper breed.”

    “A bronco horse, well, you can generally just get one out of the mustering horses, long as he's got a bit of weight on him; a clumper sort of fella .”

    “'Right,' said Mick, 'she might have just a touch of clumper, but I agree she's worth a look.'”

    “He caught this big brown half clumper horse and finally got a saddle on him.”

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete)To form into clumps or masses.

   “Vapours […] clumper'd in balls of clouds.”

   “An' dere at evemen, I da goo, A-hoppèn auver ghiates an' bars, By twinklen light o' winter stars, When snow da clumper to my shoe;”

   “[…] then let it cool, and put in the Camphire and four ounces of Venice turpentine drop by drop, lest it clumper, stirring it continually, then make it up into Rolls, and do with it to the pleasure of God , and health of man.”

2. To move heavily; to clomp or clump.

   “The palms of TV looked especially welcome as the plane clumpered down on a hazy tarmac in a greenish, weedy field.”

   “As the tired horse clumpered into Dark, I ate the wursttail, arranged bread, butter and milk for pastor, so he not need to go to bed hungry.”

   “The soft tumbling patter of four-footed steps clumpered up behind the girl and the hobgoblin, and Chester walked up and sat between them, watching the bitter, bouncing boy.”

3. To make a clumping noise.

   “The cold, indeed, was now becoming so intense as to congeal and skim over all the pools and still eddies of the river, and make solid ice along the shores of the rapid currents of the stream; while even the ground was fast becoming so frozen as to clumper and sound beneath the hurrying tread of our anxious travellers .”