LUMPY


Meaning of LUMPY in English

ˈləmpē, -pi adjective

( -er/-est )

Etymology: lump (I) + -y

1.

a. : filled with lumps

unfortunately the gravy was lumpy

b.

(1) : covered with lumps : characterized by a rough surface

severe acne which had left his skin lumpy — Norman Mailer

over the somewhat lumpy plain abundantly dotted with pine and juniper — Gladys A. Reichard

(2) : characterized by choppy waves

fishing and sailing on the lumpy waters — F.J.Mather

2. : having a thickset clumsy appearance

the lumpy man with bowed head — J.T.Soby

3. : characterized by a thick cut — used especially of a gem

4.

a. : lumpish 5a

his solos tended to come out in an unaccustomed series of lumpy almost blatant phrases — Whitney Balliett

b. : uneven and often crude in style

peppered with short lumpy tracts on rural education — New Yorker

a lumpy drawing of two hands — A.J.Liebling

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.