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chump

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chump 1  (chmp)
n.
A stupid or foolish person; a dolt.

[Perhaps blend of chunk and lump or stump.]

chump 2  (chmp)
tr. & intr.v. chumped, chump·ing, chumps
To chew or make a chewing movement.

[Variant of champ.]

chump1
n
1. Informal a stupid person
2. a thick heavy block of wood
3.
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
vb
a less common word for chomp
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chumpchump - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
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 chumpestar chiflado
B. CPD chump chop N (Brit) chuleta gruesa con hueso
chump [ˈtʃʌmp] nimbécile mf, crétin(e) m/f
chump
n
(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
chump [tʃʌmp] n (fam) → zuccone/a


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"I met a chump deh odder day way up in deh city," he said.
What it came to was that the doctor was a chump and a blighter.
Here's a two-dollar-and-a-half chump with a thirty- dollar style.
 
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