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 /

noun

1. informal.
   a stupid person
2. a thick heavy block of wood
3. 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 )

chump

²

/ tʃʌmp /

verb

1. See chomp
   a less common word for chomp

Other Words From

• chumpish adjective
• chumpish·ness noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of chump¹

C18: perhaps a blend of chunk and lump ¹

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. 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.

From The Daily Beast

But he also wants to avoid being made to look like a chump, as repeatedly happened in his first term.

From The Daily Beast

No wonder Cindy and husband, Doug Hampton, demanded money from this chump.

From The Daily Beast

Roughing it is making the best of it; only a slob and a chump goes dirty and has a sloppy-looking camp.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

An Jim Casey tried to get em, an they had a scrimmage; but Patsey aint no chump!

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, are you the misguided chump whom I heard make the remark about pushing me about, as I came up?

From Project Gutenberg

Then I would go to a slap-up restaurant, and have green peas, and a bottle of fizz, and a chump chop—Oh!

From Project Gutenberg