different between chump vs halfwit
chump
English
Etymology
Compare Icelandic kumbr (“a chopping”), English chop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
chump (plural chumps)
- (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
- (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
- 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)
- Dated form of chomp.
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halfwit
English
Etymology
From half and wit.
Noun
halfwit (plural halfwits)
- (informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:idiot
Translations
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