Can you explain what this word means?

Question

The word is "tump" and while it's a very common word where I live, have you heard of it, and what do you consider it's definition?

Answer 1

...to knock over - or that's what we refer to in Texas!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

To overturn. Often used with over: You're about to tump that thing over.

Answer 4

tump means to knock or turn something over. ex: your gonna tump that cup over. Southern slang.

Answer 5

Is it patois for "to hit or strike"? In some parts of the caribbean, 'tump' is used as a corruption of the word 'Thump'.

Answer 6

VERB: Inflected forms: tumped, tump·ing, tumps
Chiefly Southern U.S.
TRANSITIVE VERB: To overturn. Often used with over: You're about to tump that thing over.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To fall over. Often used with over: Is that wheelbarrow going to tump over?
ETYMOLOGY: Probably akin to tumble

Answer 7

I am from the south, and to me it is when you turned somthing over or spilled it...Like I tumped over the wheel barrow.

Answer 8

It means to overturn or fall-over. Example: "You're about to tump that thing over." (P.S. there person who responded before me, you shouldent copy-and-paste from a dictionary)

Answer 9

Verb 1. tump over - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"
bowl over, knock over, tip over, turn over, overturn, upset
move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
overturn, tip over, tump over, turn over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
2. tump over - turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"
overturn, tip over, turn over
capsize, turn turtle, turtle - overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"
turn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"
upend - become turned or set on end; "the airplanes upended"
tip over, tump over, bowl over, knock over, overturn, turn over, upset - cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

Answer 10

I suspect that it is related to a tumpline-- a padded strap passed over the forehead, to enable one to carry heavy burdens, such as a canoe, overturned for portage.

Answer 11

Never heard of it. Cool. I'm from Canada.