Definition of Chump

1. Noun. A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of.

Exact synonyms: Fall Guy, Fool, Gull, Mark, Mug, Patsy, Soft Touch, Sucker
Generic synonyms: Dupe, Victim
Derivative terms: Fool, Fool, Gull, Gull, Suck

Definition of Chump

1. n. A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.

Definition of Chump

1. Noun. (colloquial pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser. ¹

2. Noun. A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense. ¹

3. Noun. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chump

1. to munch [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: munch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chump

chumley
chumleys
chummage
chummages
chummed
chummeries
chummery
chummier
chummies
chummiest
chummily
chumminess
chumminesses
chumming
chummy
chump (current term)
chump-change
chump change
chump chop
chump chops
chumped
chumpier
chumpiest
chumping
chumps
chumpy
chums
chumship
chumships
chunam

Literary usage of Chump

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1896)
"chump ON reaching home that night, Arabella surprised herself thinking, in the midst of her anguish: ' Whatever is said of us, it cannot be said that there ..."

2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"French ma vieille brandie = my old chump. 1884. Punch, it Oct. "Arry at a Political Picnic.' All my Saturday arfs are devoted to Politics. Fancy, old chump ..."

3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"This does not explain the ch ; but see chump. chrysolite, a yellow stone. ... Der. chump-end, ie thick end. Chuckle. (E.) To chuckle is to laugh in a ..."

4. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1824)
"chump of f^eal b-la-daube. Cut off the chump end of the loin ; take out the edge- bone ; stuff the hollow with good forcemeat, tie it up tight, ..."

5. A New System of Domestic Cookery: Formed Upon Principles of Economy, and by Maria Eliza Ketelby Rundell (1840)
"Cut off the chump end of the loin ; take out the edge- bone ; stuff the hollow with ... chump of Veal d-la-daube. Veal-rolls of either cold Meat or fresh. ..."

6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"I asked, myself, and Tom was horrid to call him a though I had n't an idea, of course, that he « chump.» He beat himself off a bit, and went could be ..."

7. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The synonyms are "to be touched," "off one's chump," " wrong in the upper storey," "to have rats in the upper storey," " a tile loose," " half-baked," ..."

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