chump en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /t͡ʃʌmp/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
What chumps! Didn’t they realize that all they had to do was interpret the constitutional term “the Legislature” to mean “the people”?
2015, chief justice John G. Roberts, dissenting in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission et al., June 29 2015
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(colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
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.
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:“Well, that's it. Let's reactivate him. Wake up!” “[Yawns] Hey, chumps and chumpettes. Did you get the bomb out? Can I go back to saying the word I love to say?” “I'm sorry, but we couldn't remove it.” “It's stuck in there with glue or something. I don't know.” “Well, this is just great. What's the point of living if I can't say ass? [Gasps] Hey! I didn't blow up! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! All right! I'm back in the saddle.” “We couldn't disarm the bomb, so we reset the word that triggers it.” “It's from the list of words you almost never say.” “That's using your ass. So what's the word?” “We think it's better if you don't know.” “Oh, come on. I'm not going to say it. Please? Ooh, is it "please"?” “Nope.” “Hmm. Words I never say. Oh. I know. "Thanks."” “Bender, stop trying to destroy the world.” “Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is it "sorry"? No. "Funderful"? Mmm... "Non-alcoholic"?” “Quit it.” “Bender.” “Stop it, mon.” “Enough already.” “"Compassion"? "Shrimp toast"? "Antiquing"?” [Explosion] “I'm all right.”
2000 November 26, Eric Horsted, “War Is the H-Word” (20:47 from the start), in Futurama, season 2, episode 17, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio):
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The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
Shaped as if they had been unskilfully cut off the chump-end of something.
1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter X:
- (UK, obsolete, slang) A person's head or face.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chumps | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
chump change · off one's chump · chump-change · chumpish · one pump chump · chump blocker · chump chop · chump block · average frustrated chump · chumpy · chumpette · chump-block · chumpion
Synonyms
gull (a gullible person) · dummy (a gullible person) · sap (a gullible person) · dummy (an unintelligent person) · dupe (a gullible person) · dolt (an unintelligent person) · dunce (an unintelligent person) · patsy (a gullible person) · dope (an unintelligent person) · pigeon (a gullible person) · blockhead (an unintelligent person) · idiot (an unintelligent person) · sucker (a gullible person)
Translations (55)
fr abruti (unintelligent person) · it credulone (gullible person) · tr salak (unintelligent person) · pl frajer (gullible person) · fi tollo (unintelligent person) · pl matoł (unintelligent person) · tr keriz (gullible person) · it balorda (unintelligent person) · fi typerys (unintelligent person) · it allocca (unintelligent person) · de Dummkopf (unintelligent person) · tr enayi (gullible person) · it allocco (gullible person) · fi tohelo (gullible person) · hu tökfej (unintelligent person) · nb dumskalle (unintelligent person) · it grulla (unintelligent person) · tr ahmak (unintelligent person) · fi typerys (gullible person) · nb dåre (gullible person) · it fesso (gullible person) · pl frajerka (gullible person) · ru дура́к (unintelligent person) · tr mal (unintelligent person) · it fesso (unintelligent person) · cs trdlo (unintelligent person) · it ottusa (unintelligent person) · nb stut (unintelligent person) · fi hölmö (gullible person) · la asinus (unintelligent person) · fr imbécile (unintelligent person) · fr abrutie (unintelligent person) · ru ло́х (gullible person) · hu lúzer (unintelligent person) · de Trottel (unintelligent person) · it balordo (unintelligent person) · es paquete (unintelligent person) · it fessa (gullible person) · fr âne (unintelligent person) · it stupida (gullible person) · cs trouba (unintelligent person) · it credulona (gullible person) · it ottuso (unintelligent person) · mk глу́пак (unintelligent person) · it allocco (unintelligent person) · it stupido (gullible person) · fr idiot (unintelligent person) · fi tollo (gullible person) · it grullo (unintelligent person) · hu bunkó (unintelligent person) · it fessa (unintelligent person) · fr idiote (unintelligent person) · it allocca (gullible person) · fr andouille (unintelligent person) · hu balek (gullible person)