different between stumped vs stumper

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mpt

Adjective

stumped (comparative more stumped, superlative most stumped)

1. (informal) Perplexed, confused.

   Synonyms: at a loss, baffled, bemused, bewildered, confused, flummoxed, lost, nonplussed, perplexed, puzzled
2. (cricket, of a batsman, not comparable) out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.
3. (slang, archaic) Done for; bankrupt or ruined.
   • 1873, The Gentleman's Magazine (volume 11, page 577)

     "Why, Walsher," said Mr. Stubber, "how many times a day do you rub your face with a brass candlestick? Why, I lent you a pony when you were stumped, and you carried off a cool hundred."

Translations

References

• (done for, ruined): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Verb

stumped

1. simple past tense and past participle of stump

English

Etymology

stump +? -er

Pronunciation

Noun

stumper (plural stumpers)

1. One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.

2. (informal) A difficult puzzle or problem.

3. (archaic, slang) A boastful person.

Anagrams

• Sumpter, restump, sumpter

Dutch

Etymology

From stomp +? -er, someone with a stump, who has lost an arm or a leg.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: stum?per

Noun

stumper m (plural stumpers, diminutive stumpertje n)

1. pitiable person

Synonyms

• stakker
• zielenpoot

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

stumper m

1. indefinite plural of stump