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clumpy - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
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adjective clumps adjective clump adjective clompy ; with heavy footfalls
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clump + -y
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In Boston's Route 128 beltway, by contrast, networks are more "clumpy " -- people tend to work with the same people, who in turn tend to be isolated from their counterparts at other companies.
TRUE TEAMWORK 2007
The cheese was kind of clumpy and unevenly spread, and the macaroni noodles were kind of bleh.
Archive 2009-05-31 Tyler 2009
The cheese was kind of clumpy and unevenly spread, and the macaroni noodles were kind of bleh.
Tyler reviews hospital cuisine Tyler 2009
It is "clumpy ," and gaps tend to form between the plants.
Chapter 11 1993
I've been known to load on excessive amounts of mascara (We're talking 5-8 coats, people!) - if you've ever tried this before, you know what kind of clumpy , spidery and thoroughly unattractive mess this usually makes.
Makeup Bag 2010
Some foraged in a "clumpy " world, which had fewer but richer supplies of resources.
Health News from Medical News Today 2008
In the envelope and the bag was a clumpy , powdery gray dust -- dust that used to be the south tower of the World Trade Center, and that coated me and thousands of others with a force that pushed it deep into pockets, briefcases, ears and lungs on Sept. 11, 2001.
September 11 Toxic Dust: Deciphering My Pocketful Of Terror 2011
Today's mascaras—with molded plastic brushes—are a far cry from the clumpy , cakey mascaras we used just five years ago.
Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011
Or would it be the dreaded gastrotomy — a surgical procedure to cut open her stomach and fish out the clumpy , non-digestible stuff?
Vet's view: Gross-out humor comes up now and then 2011
He was a scrawny Barbary Macaque with matted, clumpy hair.
BETTER LESSONS • by Aaron Polson 2010
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