chumping

/ ˈtʃʌmpɪŋ /

noun

1. dialect.
   collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day

Word History and Origins

Origin of chumping¹

from chump ¹(sense 2)

Example Sentences

Or, press his teeth to hear chumping sounds.

From Washington Times

The sea cows went on schlooping and grazing, and chumping in the weed, and Kotick asked them questions in every language that he had picked up in his travels; and the Sea People talk nearly as many languages as human beings.

From Project Gutenberg

At a neighbouring table two Germans were making a hearty meal, chumping the meat and smacking their lips in a kind of heavy ecstasy.

From Project Gutenberg

The voices of early evening had settled down to one soothing hum whose deepest note was the steady chumping of the bullocks above their chopped straw, and whose highest was the tinkle of a Bengali dancing-girl's sitar.

From Project Gutenberg

"It's as dry as chumping chaff!" she confided dismally.

From Project Gutenberg