gump
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gump¹
- /ɡʌmp/
Sounds like Gump · Rhymes with -ʌmp
Where it comes from
Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
noun gumps
- Clipping of gumption
- A foolish person. […] the young ignorant gump hearing his father or mother who perhaps may be ten times more ignorant, in point of literature than himself, extoling his learning, struts about in the full assurance, that his attainments in literature are sufficient to take him through the world, when in fact, he has s
- A weak or soft person. Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, where the package at man? Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): Package up my ass, gump! Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, I'm 'bout to- Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): You're 'bout to! Go on, walk, gump-ass motherfucker!
Gump²
proper noun Gumps
- A surname.
GUMP³
phrase
- Acronym of gas (fuel), undercarriage (landing gear), mixture (fuel mixture), prop (propeller setting); a mnemonic for landing an airplane; particularly propeller-propelled carburated powered one with a retractable landing gear.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: gimp, gumph, gumpf, guppie, gump stump, guffin, gump-stump, gubbins, gumball, mugwump, goober, gawk, gawpus, gawby, galoot, gaby
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