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noun
1.
the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
2.
the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off.
3.
a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum.
4.
a short remnant, as of a candle; stub.
5.
EXPANDany basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed.
6.
an artificial leg.
7.
Usually, stumps. Informal. legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here.
8.
a short, stocky person.
9.
a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person.
10.
the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump.
11.
Furniture. a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc. Compare post1 (def. 2).
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13.
COLLAPSECricket. each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket.
verb (used with object)
14.
to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop.
15.
to clear of stumps, as land.
16.
Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe.
17.
to nonplus, embarrass, or render completely at a loss: This riddle stumps me.
18.
EXPANDto challenge or dare to do something.
19.
to make political campaign speeches to or in: to stump a state.
20.
Cricket. (of the wicketkeeper) to put (a batsman) out by knocking down a stump or by dislodging a bail with the ball held in the hand at a moment when the batsman is off his ground.
21.
COLLAPSEto tone or modify (a crayon drawing, pencil rendering, etc.) by means of a stump.
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Stumps
is always a great word to know.
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verb (used without object)
Idiom22.
to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg: The captain stumped across the deck.
23.
to make political campaign speeches; electioneer.
24.
up a stump, Informal. at a loss; embarrassed; perplexed: Sociologists are up a stump over the sharp rise in juvenile delinquency and crime.
Origin:
1200–50; (noun) Middle English stompe, cognate with or < Middle Low German stump(e), Middle Dutch stomp (compare German Stumpf); (v.) Middle English stumpen to stumble (as over a stump), derivative of the noun
1200–50; (noun) Middle English stompe, cognate with or < Middle Low German stump(e), Middle Dutch stomp (compare German Stumpf); (v.) Middle English stumpen to stumble (as over a stump), derivative of the noun
Related forms
stump·less, adjective
stump·like, adjective
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stump
"to go on a speaking tour during a political campaign," 1838, Amer.Eng., from phrase stump speech (1820), from stump (n.), large tree stumps being a natural perch for rural orators (this custom is attested from 1775).
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stump (stŭmp)
n.
The extremity of a limb left after amputation.
The pedicle remaining after removal of the tumor to which it was attached.
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