Tump vs Ump - What's the difference?
tump | ump |
(British, rare) A mound or hillock.
* 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :
(Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
(Southern US) To fall over.
(US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
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As nouns the difference between tump and ump
is that tump is (british|rare) a mound or hillock or tump can be (uncommon) a tumpline while ump is (baseball) an umpire.As verbs the difference between tump and ump
is that tump is to form a mass of earth or a hillock about or tump can be (southern us) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump") while ump is to act as an umpire.tump
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) twmp, twm.Noun
(en noun)- The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.
- (Ainsworth)
Etymology 2
Possibly from .Verb
(en verb)- Don't tump that bucket over!
- (Bartlett)