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