Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To chew or make a chewing movement.
- noun A gullible person; a dupe.
- noun A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.
- noun A stupid fellow.
- To munch.
- noun The blunt end of anything. See
chump-end . - noun The head.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.
- noun a stupid person; a fool; a dolt; also, a dupe.
- noun the thick end.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial, pejorative An
incompetent person, ablockhead ; aloser . - noun A
gullible person; asucker ; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. - noun The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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What an argument -- whether a chump is a thug or not.
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An example: Write the word "chump" in cursive but leave the semicircle of the "p" open so it doesn't touch the p's tail.
The Mind of a Master Brain Teaser Alexandra Alter 2011
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I am inclined to think, old boy, that there is a good deal of what they call the chump about me.
Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895
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Don't think you will get re-elected by voting present spineless commander in chump, Obummie
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He brings in chump change bagging at a nearby store and to reduce costs he lives with his adult daughter.
Forced Out-Stephen Frey « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2008
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If you choose to read this replacing the word chump with that word, then you are of course free to do so, but be warned - you may offend yourself.
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I was actually called a chump for becoming a department chair.
Archive 2008-07-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008
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I was actually called a chump for becoming a department chair.
Coping with "gender devaluation" in the academy Elizabeth L. Hillman 2008
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BROWN: That's Hank Paulson's deputy there being called a chump by a member of Congress.
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All of that combined is what Microsoft's DC team calls chump-change -- they plunked down $8.8 million in 2006.
Robert Schlesinger: Google v. Micrsosoft: The K Street Factor 2008
rolig commented on the word chump
When written out in longhand, this word is an upside-down word.
June 2, 2008
adamcasciaro commented on the word chump
The upside-down word status of chump has truly made me smile. Thank you rolig.
March 15, 2009
bilby commented on the word chump
Mine says dhimnp.
March 15, 2009
sionnach commented on the word chump
Mine says 'dwimp'. Or possibly 'durmp'.
March 15, 2009
yarb commented on the word chump
See okana borra for citation.
June 29, 2012