clumps

Etymology

The game of asking questions is so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups.

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clump

noun

  1. plural of clump

noun

  1. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
    We'll have supper extremely soon […] But just one game of clumps first. 1920, E. F. Benson, Queen Lucia
    There you looked and there you led me off into the game of clumps. 1976, John Betjeman, Indoor Games near Newbury

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