"chump" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʌmp/ Audio: en-us-chump.ogg [US] Forms: chumps [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kumbr (“a chopping”), English chop. Probably related to chunk. Etymology templates: {{unk|en|title=unknown}} unknown, {{m|en|chub|t=someone chubby, something thick}} chub (“someone chubby, something thick”), {{cog|is|kumbr||a chopping}} Icelandic kumbr (“a chopping”), {{cog|en|chop}} English chop, {{m|en|chunk}} chunk Head templates: {{en-noun}} chump (plural chumps)
  1. (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. Tags: colloquial, derogatory
    Sense id: en-chump-en-noun-FBA1Z1GW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 2 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 38 1 24
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. Tags: colloquial, derogatory Categories (topical): People Synonyms (a gullible person): gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon Translations (a gullible person): typerys (Finnish), tollo (Finnish), tohelo (Finnish), hölmö (Finnish), balek (Hungarian), fesso [masculine] (Italian), allocco [masculine] (Italian), stupido [masculine] (Italian), credulone [masculine] (Italian), ло́х (lóx) [masculine] (Russian), keriz (Turkish), enayi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chump-en-noun-XOQGf3OB Disambiguation of People: 32 68 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 2 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 38 1 24 Disambiguation of 'a gullible person': 20 80 0 Disambiguation of 'a gullible person': 20 80 0
  3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
    Sense id: en-chump-en-noun-c34ytrdN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (an unintelligent person): blockhead, idiot, dope, dolt, dunce, dummy Derived forms: average frustrated chump, chump block, chump-block, chump blocker, chump change, chump-change, chump chop, off one's chump, one pump chump Translations (an unintelligent person): typerys (Finnish), tollo (Finnish), abruti [masculine] (French), idiot [masculine] (French), andouille [feminine] (French), âne [masculine] (French), imbécile [masculine] (French), Dummkopf [masculine] (German), Trottel [masculine] (German), bunkó (Hungarian), tökfej (Hungarian), lúzer (Hungarian), fesso [masculine] (Italian), allocco [masculine] (Italian), balordo [masculine] (Italian), grullo [masculine] (Italian), ottuso [masculine] (Italian), asinus (Latin), глу́пак (glúpak) [masculine] (Macedonian), matoł [masculine] (Polish), дура́к (durák) (Russian), paquete [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), salak (Turkish), mal (Turkish), ahmak (Turkish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'an unintelligent person': 52 48 0 Disambiguation of 'an unintelligent person': 52 48 0

Verb [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʌmp/ Audio: en-us-chump.ogg [US] Forms: chumps [present, singular, third-person], chumping [participle, present], chumped [participle, past], chumped [past]
Rhymes: -ʌmp Etymology: Variant of chomp, itself a variant of champ (“to bite”). More at champ. Etymology templates: {{m|en|chomp}} chomp, {{m|en|champ|t=to bite}} champ (“to bite”), {{m|en|champ}} champ Head templates: {{en-verb}} chump (third-person singular simple present chumps, present participle chumping, simple past and past participle chumped)
  1. Dated form of chomp. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: chomp
    Sense id: en-chump-en-verb-1qE~ssFR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 37 2 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 38 1 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "_dis1": "52 48 0",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "word": "grullo"
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      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
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      "word": "chump block"
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      "word": "chump blocker"
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      "word": "chump change"
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      "word": "chump-change"
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      "word": "chump chop"
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          "ref": "2015, chief justice John G. Roberts, dissenting in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission et al., June 29 2015",
          "text": "What chumps! Didn’t they realize that all they had to do was interpret the constitutional term “the Legislature” to mean “the people”?"
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        "(colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser."
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          "text": "It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.",
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        {
          "ref": "2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club",
          "text": "Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.",
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        "(colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense."
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          "ref": "1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter X",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat."
      ]
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃʌmp/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌmp"
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    {
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "blockhead"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "idiot"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "dope"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "dolt"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "dunce"
    },
    {
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "dummy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "gull"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "sucker"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "dupe"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "sap"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "dummy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "patsy"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "pigeon"
    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "typerys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "tollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abruti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idiot"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "andouille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "âne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "imbécile"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dummkopf"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Trottel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "bunkó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "tökfej"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "lúzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fesso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "allocco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balordo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grullo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ottuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "asinus"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "glúpak",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "глу́пак"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "matoł"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "durák",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "дура́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paquete"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "salak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "mal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an unintelligent person",
      "word": "ahmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "typerys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "tollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "tohelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "hölmö"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "balek"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fesso"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "allocco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stupido"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "credulone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóx",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́х"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "keriz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a gullible person",
      "word": "enayi"
    }
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}

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          "ref": "1922, Arthur Machen, The Secret Glory",
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