chump

chump¹ (ch

mp)

A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.

[Perhaps blend of chunk and lump or stump.]

chump² (ch

mp)

tr. & intr.v. chumped, chump·ing, chumps

To chew or make a chewing movement.

[Variant of champ.]

chump¹

1. Informal a stupid person

2. a thick heavy block of wood

a. the thick blunt end of anything, esp of a piece of meat

b. (as modifier) a chump chop

4. Brit slang the head (esp in the phrase off one's chump)

[perhaps a blend of chunk and lump¹]

chump²

a less common word for chomp

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun

chump - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

fall guy, gull, patsy, soft touch, sucker, mug, fool, mark

dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled

Translations

chump [tʃʌmp]

A. N

1. (= idiot) → tonto/a m/f
you chump! → ¡imbécil!

2. (= head) → cabeza f
to be off one's chump → estar chiflado

B. CPD chump chop N (Brit) chuleta gruesa con hueso

chump [ˈtʃʌmp] n → imbécile mf, crétin(e) m/f

chump

(inf) → Trottel m, → dummes Stück, Hornochse m (inf)

he’s off his chump (Brit inf) → der hat ’ne Meise (inf)

chump [tʃʌmp] n (fam) → zuccone/a

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chickenfeed
chump change
chump chop
Chump end
chumping
dolt
dupe
fall guy
fool
gull
hard cash
hard currency
imbecile
moron
mug
nincompoop
patsy
pushover
simpleton

"I met a chump deh odder day way up in deh city," he said.

Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context

What it came to was that the doctor was a chump and a blighter.

Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context

Here's a two-dollar-and-a-half chump with a thirty- dollar style.

A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context

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