Synonyms for chump


Grammar : Noun
Spell : chuhmp
Phonetic Transcription : tʃʌmp


Définition of chump

Origin :
  • 1703, "short, thick lump of wood," akin to Old Norse kumba "block of wood." Meaning "blockhead" is first attested 1883. Chump change attested by 1950.
  • noun stupid person
Example sentences :
  • I'm only helping the chump to buy some of the experience that you spoke about the other day.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • It's only a chump pitcher who keeps the ball over the pan all the time.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • Why were you such a chump as to turn your back on him like that?
  • Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I shall go off my chump if we're not married before I go out.
  • Extract from : « Saint's Progress » by John Galsworthy
  • I am inclined to think, old boy, that there is a good deal of what they call the chump about me.
  • Extract from : « Old Ebenezer » by Opie Read
  • I haven't any pity for a man who would be such a chump as that.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • He has given me the very opportunity I most desire, and I'll be a chump if I neglect it!
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Races » by Burt L. Standish
  • One thing was certain: Mrs. Chump had never been seen at Brookfield.
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Arabella had departed with a firm countenance to combat Mrs. Chump.
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Could a genie have guessed that Mrs. Chump was at the bottom of it all?
  • Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith

Antonyms for chump

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