tump
/tʌmp/noun, verb
tump is spelled T-U-M-P: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tump means “A mound or hillock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tump is tumps.
How many letters and syllables are in tump?
| Letters | 4: T-U-M-P |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 17 million words; the 122,704th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is tump?
Tump appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tump?
- /tʌmp/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tump.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tump
- tumps plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tumping participle, present
- tumped participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tump mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKrareA mound or hillock.
- 2
A tumpline.
verb
- 1
To form a mass of earth or a hillock around.
to tump teasel
- 2
to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
Don't tump that bucket over!
- 3
To fall over.
- 4
USTo draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tump come from?
Compare Welsh twmp, twm; also Sicilian timpa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).