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chump

1 American  
[chuhmp] / tʃʌmp /

noun

  1. Informal. a stupid person; dolt.

    Don't be a chump—she's kidding you along.

  2. a short, thick piece of wood.

  3. the thick, blunt end of anything.

  4. Slang. the head.

idioms

  1. off one's chump, crazy.

chump 2 American  
[chuhmp] / tʃʌmp /

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to bite or chew; munch.

chump 1 British  
/ tʃʌmp /

noun

  1. informal a stupid person

  2. a thick heavy block of wood

    1. the thick blunt end of anything, esp of a piece of meat

    2. ( as modifier )

      a chump chop

  4. slang the head (esp in the phrase off one's chump )

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chump 2 British  
/ tʃʌmp /

verb

  1. a less common word for chomp

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Other Word Forms

  • chumpish adjective
  • chumpishness noun

Etymology

Origin of chump1

1695–1705; perhaps blend of chunk 1 and lump 1

Origin of chump2

First recorded in 1850–55; variant of champ 1

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