Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which stumps, in any sense.
- noun In cricket: A fielder who stumps a batsman out, that is, one who, with ball in hand, puts down the wicket, if the striker, failing to hit the ball, is out of his ground.
- noun A wicket-keeper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who stumps.
- noun Slang A boastful person.
- noun Slang, U.S. A puzzling or incredible story.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
stumps , or speaks, or orates, as a politician. - noun A difficult puzzle or problem.
- noun archaic, slang A
boastful person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
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Examples
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He's got every bit as much raw brain power as Bill Clinton, and, I would argue, more skill as a speaker and "stumper" than Bill had as a candidate.
Ferraro's Latest: "They're Attacking Me Because I'm White" 2009
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He's got every bit as much raw brain power as Bill Clinton, and, I would argue, more skill as a speaker and "stumper" than Bill had as a candidate.
Clinton Campaign Manager Suggests Obama Campaign Is Playing Race Card With Ferraro Comments 2009
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That was a 'stumper' for the poor woman, who evidently did not understand one half of the sentence.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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That was a "stumper" for the poor woman, who evidently did not understand one-half of the sentence.
Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore
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During a House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing, Barton smugly posed a "stumper" to Energy Secretary Steve Chu:
MNpublius.com 2009
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Wow that is a stumper. i figured you had a picture of a "frankenstein" malard that had cross bred with a domestic duck but it definately is not that.
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Wow that is a stumper. i figured you had a picture of a "frankenstein" malard that had cross bred with a domestic duck but it definately is not that.
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I wonder how much, in 40 or 50 years' time, someone will fork out for Matt Prior's Porsche, the one of which the current England stumper spoke to Sachin Tendulkar at Trent Bridge four summers ago?
The lost boys rescued from wilderness years | Richard Williams 2011
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Disguise is paramount, and, as yet, the England batsmen, while negating Kumar to some extent by standing down the pitch a more competent stumper than MS Dhoni would stop that soon enough, appear not yet to have broken the code of which way he is going to move the ball.
Praveen Kumar's bowling secrets will be deciphered in time | Mike Selvey 2011
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Heinz has made a habit of posing playful questions on its ketchup bottles “Are your french fries lonely?” and the next one may be a stumper: “Guess what my bottle is made of?”
gangerh commented on the word stumper
a wicket-keeper in cricket
January 26, 2008