chump
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chump¹
- /t͡ʃʌmp/
Rhymes with -ʌmp
Where it comes from
Origin uncertain; probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump, or perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kubbur (“block of wood, chip (computing)”), Old Norse kumbr for kubbr (“block of wood”), English chop.
noun chumps
- An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
- A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
- The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat. Shaped as if they had been unskilfully cut off the chump-end of something.
- A person's head or face.
verb chumps · chumping · chumped
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To treat (someone) as a chump; to defraud or swindle (someone).
Similar: chump off
chump²
- /t͡ʃʌmp/
Rhymes with -ʌmp
Where it comes from
Variant of chomp, itself a variant of champ (“to bite”). More at champ.
verb chumps · chumping · chumped
- Dated form of chomp At a neighbouring table two Germans were making a hearty meal, chumping the meat and smacking their lips in a kind of heavy ecstasy.
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Talk about this word "chump." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chump. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chump. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chump "chump." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chump.Cite this
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title = {chump},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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