Word: clumper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clump + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈklʌmpə/, /ˈklʌmpɚ/ 1. Something that forms clumps. Example: 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. Example: […] the same molecualr ^([sic]) weight as a clumper did not aggregate in broth (Fig. 4) . 2. Something that forms clumps. Example: 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. Example: 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. 3. Something that forms clumps. Example: 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.' Example: 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." 4. A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps. Example: 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. Example: "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. Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”). Labels: Newfoundland Example: 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. Example: 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. 7. A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls. Example: 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. Example: do you turn your toes out and walk on the inside of your feet to avoid discomfort? In other words, are you a clumper? Example: 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. 9. A heavy boot or shoe. Example: A picture for a painter, this: the gang of brawny giants in brine-stained guernseys and thick woollen stockings pulled over their trousers, seated round the small table, beneath the dim lamp, which perhaps lit up dingily the bulky form of some prostrate sleeper in the bunks, devouring their food in hungry silence, or noisily chaffing the luckless "Shad" and his grimy serviette, with ever and anon a fresh pair of clumper-shod legs descending the steep ladder, as a new arrival came down from the deck. Example: Men state that they much prefer the old 'clumper' boot for comfort. 10. A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale. Labels: Australia Example: One of two such brought in during my visit was an unbroken seven-year-old mare of the clumper breed. Example: 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 .