Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: lumbering
IPA transcription: [l'ʌmbɚɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: heavy, lumbering, ponderous
    Meaning: slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: lumbering
    Meaning: the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber
Usage examples
  • Sure to be routed, horse, foot, and dragoons,' said Stuffy, lumbering away, somewhat cross with too many spreads.
  • All of a sudden I was aware, as by a magnetic influence, that a great lumbering man in the next seat was looking at me out of two of the blackest eyes I ever saw, and evidently listening to what I was saying.
  • Fort Bragg, one of the principal lumbering towns in Mendocino County, was practically wiped out by fire following the earthquake, but out of a population of 5,000 only one was killed, though scores were injured.
  • But the wind howled on, and the rain kept pouring down the chimney, and every now and then the lightning burst out, and the thunder rushed after it, as if the great lumbering sound could ever think to catch up with the swift light!