Texas Accent (Dallas, Arlington, Grand Prairie: swimming, summer, job)

[love roses]

Tumped. As in "I just tumped over that chair" or "I just tumped over my glass of milk". You say it when something drops or falls over.

[carolmcb]

I wonder what the original base word was. Nothing is coming to my mind on where tumped could have originally come from.

[jm21]

Thumped? Dumped? A combination of the two?

[love roses]

That's entirely possible

[Canine*Castle]

The dictionary says it's probably akin to tumble. I've heard it many times during my years in Texas and am actually surprised that it's found in the dictionary. I always thought it really wasn't a word.

[blueskies49]

Tumped - To tumble over or out and spill the contents. Tumble + dump = tump.

[carolmcb]

Main Entry: 2tump Function:verb Etymologyerhaps akin to British dialect tumpoke to fall head over heelsDate:1967 intransitive verbchiefly Southern : to tip or turn over especially accidentally —usually used with over<sooner or later everybody tumps over. Nothing to worry about if you don't get caught under the canoe — Don Kennard>transitive verbchiefly Southern : to cause to tip over : overturn, upset —usually used with over

Well, I never thought that it would be in the dictionary but there it is in Merriam-Webster.

So, I never heard it in the RGV and I never heard it in the 9 years that I lived in Denton and Dallas, Texas. I never heard it when I lived in Columbus, Georgia and I have never heard it in Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia or Chattanooga, Tennessee. Well, I guess that I have just been culturally deprived. I now feel better educated. However, between you and me, I doubt that this little gem of a word will ever enter my vocabulary. That's because I sure most of my friends and relatives have also been culturally deprived.

[BstYet2Be]

I have another one:

"It's a wonder"

as in: "It's a wonder he didn't cut his finger clean off!"

Hmmm... maybe that's two with "clean off"

Oh well, let's go for three: "He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off!"

Now, I personally have never seen a chicken with its' head cut off, but I'm guessing they must run around.

[tstone]

Originally Posted by new2sa

I have another one:

"It's a wonder"

as in: "It's a wonder he didn't cut his finger clean off!"

Hmmm... maybe that's two with "clean off"

Oh well, let's go for three: "He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off!"

Now, I personally have never seen a chicken with its' head cut off, but I'm guessing they must run around.

Ok I haven't ever heard or used tump but I've definitely heard those sayings.

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by new2sa

I have another one:

"It's a wonder"

as in: "It's a wonder he didn't cut his finger clean off!"

Hmmm... maybe that's two with "clean off"

Oh well, let's go for three: "He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off!"

Now, I personally have never seen a chicken with its' head cut off, but I'm guessing they must run around.

Very definitely.....and also very common here!