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chump

1

[ chuhmp ]

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.


chump

2

[ chuhmp ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to bite or chew; munch.

chump

1

/ tʃʌmp /

verb

  1. a less common word for chomp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


chump

2

/ 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

  3. slang.
    the head (esp in the phrase off one's chump )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • chumpish adjective
  • chumpish·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of chump1

C18: perhaps a blend of chunk and lump 1
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. off one's chump, British Slang. crazy.
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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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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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