clumping Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
   clip-clop; clunking; clopping; clop; clippety-clop.
   
2. verb make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
   clump; clop; clunk; plunk.
   
3. verb come together as in a cluster or flock
   cluster; flock; clump; constellate.
   
   • The poets constellate in this town every summer
4. verb walk clumsily
   clomp; clump.
   
5. verb gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   cluster; bunch up; clump; bundle; bunch.
   
   • She bunched her fingers into a fist

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