clumps
English
Etymology
The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klʌmps/
- Rhymes: -ʌmps
Verb
clumps
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clump
Noun
clumps
- plural of clump
Noun
clumps
- A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
- Synonym: clubs
- 1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia:
- We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first.
- 1976, John Betjeman, Indoor Games near Newbury
- There you looked and there you led me off into the game of clumps.