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gumph¹

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noun gumphs · gump · gumpf · gumpth

  1. countable, uncountable A foolish person; a gump. Gump, a numscull.
  2. slang, uncountable Nonsense. Things had not been going will with Pino ever since he started to take Sister Apollonia’s bloated gumph as gospel. Thanks to the wacko, his man was actually getting a Christ complex.

gumph²

Where it comes from

Shortening of gumption.

noun gump

  1. uncountable Gumption; grit. Never lifted a hand to defend himself, hadn’t got any gumph.

gumph³

Where it comes from

From Scots [Term?].

verb gumphs · gumphing · gumphed · gump

  1. intransitive To grope, especially after fish.
  2. transitive, used with out To catch fish by groping.

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@misc{gumph_2026,
  title = {gumph},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gumph},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}