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chump1    Audio Help   [chuhmp] Pronunciation Key
–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.
5.off one's chump, British Slang. crazy.

[Origin: 1695–1705; perh. b. chunk1 and lump]

chumpish, adjective
chump·ish·ness, noun
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to bite or chew; munch.
Also, chomp.


[Origin: 1850–55; var. of champ1]
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chump 1    Audio Help   (chŭmp)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.


[Perhaps blend of chunk and lump1 or stump.]

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chump 2    Audio Help   (chŭmp)  Pronunciation Key 
tr. & intr.v.   chumped, chump·ing, chumps
To chew or make a chewing movement.


[Variant of champ1.]

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chump 
1703, "short, thick lump of wood," akin to O.N. kumba "block of wood." Meaning "blockhead" is first attested 1883.

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chump

noun
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of 

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Chump

Chump\, n. [Cf. Icel. kumbr a chopping, E. chop.] A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. --Morton.

Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. --Dickens.
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