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chump

English

Etymology

Compare Icelandic kumbr (a chopping), English chop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t??mp/
  • Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

chump (plural chumps)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
  3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

Synonyms

  • (an unintelligent person): blockhead, idiot, dope, dolt, dunce, dummy
  • (a gullible person): gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon
  • See also Thesaurus:dupe

Derived terms

  • chump change
  • chump chop
  • off one's chump
  • one pump chump

Translations

Verb

chump (third-person singular simple present chumps, present participle chumping, simple past and past participle chumped)

  1. Dated form of chomp.

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halfwit

English

Etymology

From half and wit.

Noun

halfwit (plural halfwits)

  1. (informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

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