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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ump .
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Examples
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The Driver 'umped' is shoulder, for the wheels was goin 'round,
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Driver 'umped' is shoulder, for the wheels was goin 'round,
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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The Driver 'umped' is shoulder, for the wheels was goin 'round,
Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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Larry Barnett , who umped in the American League for three decades, said he went through "10 or 15 different ones" before settling on "a mechanic," as they call the move, that he felt comfortable with toward the end of his career.
Baseball's Masked Men Show Their Inner Hams on Strike Three Jared Diamond 2011
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Wasn't it PWC and others that umped on this cost cutting bandwagon in the first place - a case of
Heathrow admits chaos will carry on for days as more snow is forecast 2010
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But the sequel umped the ante in a number of ways.
Scott Mendelson: Second Time's the Charm -- When Superior Sequels Surpass Lukewarm Originals 2009
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Kellogg umped his first game in 1991, and Reliford has been in the National League since 1989.
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Souffl? umped, craning his head around as if afraid a huge stone was about to fall on it.
Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995
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Souffl? umped, craning his head around as if afraid a huge stone was about to fall on it.
Roc and a Hard Place Anthony, Piers 1995
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And my spine fairly _'umped_ to it, CHARLIE, and then carn't I paint the town red?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 Various
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