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chump
1[ chuhmp ]
noun
- Informal. a stupid person; dolt:
Don't be a chump—she's kidding you along.
- a short, thick piece of wood.
- the thick, blunt end of anything.
- Slang. the head.
chump
2[ chuhmp ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to bite or chew; munch.
chump
1/ tʃʌmp /
chump
2/ tʃʌmp /
noun
- informal.a stupid person
- a thick heavy block of wood
- the thick blunt end of anything, esp of a piece of meat
- ( as modifier )
a chump chop
- slang.the head (esp in the phrase off one's chump )
Other Words From
- chumpish adjective
- chumpish·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of chump1
Idioms and Phrases
- off one's chump, British Slang. crazy.
Example Sentences
And the costs of litigation amount to chump change for guys who count their net worth in nine and 10 figures.
But he also wants to avoid being made to look like a chump, as repeatedly happened in his first term.
No wonder Cindy and husband, Doug Hampton, demanded money from this chump.
Roughing it is making the best of it; only a slob and a chump goes dirty and has a sloppy-looking camp.
You thought that Jim would be killed and Firmstone would be chump enough to charge it to a hold-up, and go off on a wrong scent.
An Jim Casey tried to get em, an they had a scrimmage; but Patsey aint no chump!
Oh, are you the misguided chump whom I heard make the remark about pushing me about, as I came up?
Then I would go to a slap-up restaurant, and have green peas, and a bottle of fizz, and a chump chop—Oh!
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