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chump

UK/t͡ʃʌmp/ US/ˈtʃʌmp/ fairly common slang uk

noun

1.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • average frustrated chump
  • chump block
  • chump blocker
  • chump change
  • chump chop
  • off one's chump
  • one pump chump

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