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stump

UK/stʊmp/ US/stʌmp/ fairly common informal slang us
noun (4) verb (4)

noun

1.

the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

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2.

the part of a limb or tooth that remains after the rest is removed

3.

(cricket) any of three upright wooden posts that form the wicket

4.

verb

1.

cause to be perplexed or confounded

  • “This problem stumped her”
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2.

walk heavily

  • “The men stomped through the snow in their heavy boots”
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3.

travel through a district and make political speeches

  • “the candidate stumped the Northeast”
4.

remove tree stumps from

  • “stump a field”

Origin

From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”). Displaced native Old English stofn. Cognate with Middle Dutch stomp (“stump”), Old High German stumph (“stump”) (German Stumpf), Old Norse stumpr (“stump”). More at stop.

Phrases

  • beyond the black stump
  • black stump
  • bleeding stump
  • call it stumps
  • chopping stump
  • dumb as a stump
  • fourth stump
  • gump stump
  • stump up

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