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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/ ʃʌ /
noun
informala 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
slangthe head (esp in the phrase off one's chump )
chump
2/ ʃʌ /
verb
a less common word for chomp
Other 51Թ Forms
- chumpish adjective
- chumpishness noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of chump1
Idioms and Phrases
off one's chump, crazy.
Example Sentences
Jack Milne, heroic at the heart of an Aberdeen defence that performed a miraculous metamorphosis from mistake-ridden chumps to hugely resilient champs.
With or without Trump, the GOP will always showcase populist themes, because it is the perfect vehicle to put a regressive, pro-billionaire agenda over on the chumps.
Republicans have embraced Trump's view that work is for chumps.
Around the same time, I convinced my friend Sam that we couldn’t be just another pair of chumps at our parents’ offices on Career Day.
"I’m the chump who thought social media could change the world," he told his audience at the Digital Futures Institute.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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