Meaning of clumper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that forms clumps.
2. A grass or other plant that tends to form clumps.
3. One who generalizes or finds commonalities, as opposed to one who focuses on identifying differences
4. A part of a device that is used for the formation of clumps.
5. The larger claw of a lobster.
6. Synonym of clumpet (“floating piece of sea ice”).
   Newfoundland
7. A heavy percussive noise, like that of heavy footfalls.
8. One who clumps; one who walks with a clumping gait.
9. A heavy boot or shoe.
10. A horse that comes from a heavy breed, such as a part-Clydesdale.
    Australia

Examples

“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.”

“[…] the same molecualr ^([sic]) weight as a clumper did not aggregate in broth (Fig. 4) .”

“in the case of spreading versus clumping eggs, when the average fitness is calculated for a large number of spreaders, the issue of individual variance in reproductive success vanishes. Put another way, the contribution to the overall average fitness by a clumper who loses her nest and produces zero offspring is exactly offset by a successful clumper that produces a whole brood ( see also Hopper et al. 2003 )”

“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.”

“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.”

“Bamboo can be as delicate as the umbrella bamboo, Fargesia murieliae, a clumper with soft pea-green foliage and a weeping habit, or as heroic as Phyllostachys edulis, whose sturdy olive-green canes can grow 70 feet in a single season.”

“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.'”

“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."”

“Systemists tend to be clumpers, but it should be very risky for them to ingnore the laborious works of the splitters.”

“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.”

“"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 .”

“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.”

“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.”

“The worse thing I seen was when I tried to get another pan and I fell over a clumper. Only it warn't no clumper. 'Twas Reuben Crewe and his son, froze together, and the old fellow's arms tight around the lad, and the lad's head buried under his father's jacket.”

“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.”

“do you turn your toes out and walk on the inside of your feet to avoid discomfort? In other words, are you a clumper?”

“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.”

“The clumper's identity was revealed. At least, it was revealed to me, this famed clumper and opener- of-doors being one who didn't himself have any idea who he really was.”

“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.”

“Men state that they much prefer the old 'clumper' boot for comfort.”

“It was now getting colder, so I opted for men's long woollen stockings and a very old pair of riding breeches, the Y clumper shoes and my oldest British Warm with an Irish flash sewn on it .”

“One of two such brought in during my visit was an unbroken seven-year-old mare of the clumper breed.”

“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 .”

“'Right,' said Mick, 'she might have just a touch of clumper, but I agree she's worth a look.'”

“He caught this big brown half clumper horse and finally got a saddle on him.”

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