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[ noun ] a compact mass

Synonyms

chunk lump clump glob ball

Examples

"a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"

Used in print

(Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)

It was nine o_'_clock in the morning : the hour which , like a spade turning clods of earth , exposed to the day a myriad of busy creatures that had lain_dormant in the quiet night .

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

I started looking on the splintery truck_bed for a piece of board , a dirt clod - anything I could throw and with better aim than I had thrown the beer_bottle .

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[ noun ] an awkward stupid person

Related terms

clumsy_person

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