Chump Definition

chŭmp
chumps
noun
chumps
A heavy block of wood.
Webster's New World
A gullible person; a dupe.
American Heritage
A gullible, foolish, or stupid person; dupe or fool.
Webster's New World
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
chumps
To chew or make a chewing movement.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
off one's chump
  • insane; crazy
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Chump

Noun

Singular:
chump
Plural:
chumps

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Origin of Chump

  • Compare Icelandic kumbr a chopping, English chop.

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps blend of chunk lump or stump

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Variant of champ

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chump Sentence Examples

  • The cost is mere chump change to a wealthy heiress like Paris Hilton.

  • Meanwhile, a reader wrote and she said what could she be doing in her garden during January, silly chump.

  • May be more expensive than loin chumps but chump chops are larger and meatier.

  • Never smarten up a chump, as Barnum said.

  • The security guard had previously been assualted by a gang of young thugs, including the charred chump.

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Words Starting With

CCHCHU

Words Ending With

PMPUMP

Unscrambles

chump

Words Starting With C and Ending With P

Starts With C & Ends With PStarts With CH & Ends With PStarts With C & Ends With MP

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