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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)
- (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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oaf
English
Alternative forms
- auf
Etymology
From auf, Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of elf.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??f/
- (US) IPA(key): /o?f/
- Rhymes: -??f
Noun
oaf (plural oafs or oaves)
- (derogatory) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
- Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!
- (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
Synonyms
- (clumsy or idiotic person): dummy, galoot, imbecile, lout, moron, fool
Derived terms
- oafish
Translations
References
Further reading
- oaf at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- FAO, Foa, OFA, fao, of a
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