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gumption

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gump⋅tion

  [guhmp-shuhn]
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–noun Informal.
1. initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness: With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
2. courage; spunk; guts: It takes gumption to quit a high-paying job.
3. common sense; shrewdness.
Origin:
1710–20; orig. Scots

Related forms:
gump⋅tion⋅less, adjective
gumptious, adjective
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gump·tion   (gŭmp'shən)   
n.   Informal

  1. Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness.

  2. Guts; spunk.

  3. Common sense.


[Scots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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