"clumping" in the noun sense
1. clip-clop, clippety-clop, clop, clopping, clunking, clumping
the sound of a horse's hoofs hitting on a hard surface
"clumping" in the verb sense
1. clop, clump, clunk, plunk
make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground
2. cluster, constellate, flock, clump
come together as in a cluster or flock
"The poets constellate in this town every summer"
3. clump, clomp
walk clumsily
4. bunch, bundle, cluster, clump
gather or cause to gather into a cluster
"She bunched her fingers into a fist"
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