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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
1710–20; orig. Scots
Related forms
gump·tion·less, adjective
gump·tious, adjective
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Gumptious
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| gumptious | |
adjective | |
| working hard to promote an enterprise [syn: energetic] |
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