chump
noun
a stupid person; dolt.
chumps
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pluralof chump.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Older Americans who’ve spent decades building nest eggs in those accounts would feel like chumps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Jack Milne, heroic at the heart of an Aberdeen defence that performed a miraculous metamorphosis from mistake-ridden chumps to hugely resilient champs.
From BBC ● May 24, 2025
In a 24-17 homecoming loss to UCLA, the Huskies looked like champions, but played like chumps.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
I’m sitting over here, chuckling at those chumps and their two-shot vaccines.
From Slate ● May 5, 2021
And there were those fat puffins, looking like chumps, bumbling around like they had no idea how to get on in the world, looking dumb and stupid, and so beautiful that I wanted to...nothing.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
