chump
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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.
Inflected forms:
form: chumps
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chumps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chumping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chumped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chumped
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
derogatory
examples: 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”?
gloss: A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
derogatory
examples: It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
“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.”
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.
gloss: The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
pos: noun
examples: Shaped as if they had been unskilfully cut off the chump-end of something.
gloss: A person's head or face.
pos: noun
tags: UK
obsolete
slang
gloss: To treat (someone) as a chump; to defraud or swindle (someone).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
Synonyms: blockhead
idiot
dope
dolt
dunce
dummy
Derived words: average frustrated chump
chump-block
chump block
chump blocker
chump change
chump-change
chump chop
chumpette
chumpion
chumpish
chumpy
off one's chump
one pump chump
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: trouba
lang: Czech
word: trdlo
lang: Finnish
word: typerys
lang: Finnish
word: tollo
lang: French
word: abruti
lang: French
word: abrutie
lang: French
word: idiot
lang: French
word: idiote
lang: French
word: andouille
lang: French
word: âne
lang: French
word: imbécile
lang: German
word: Dummkopf
lang: German
word: Trottel
lang: Hungarian
word: bunkó
lang: Hungarian
word: tökfej
lang: Hungarian
word: lúzer
lang: Italian
word: fesso
lang: Italian
word: fessa
lang: Italian
word: allocco
lang: Italian
word: allocca
lang: Italian
word: balordo
lang: Italian
word: balorda
lang: Italian
word: grullo
lang: Italian
word: grulla
lang: Italian
word: ottuso
lang: Italian
word: ottusa
lang: Latin
word: asinus
lang: Macedonian
word: глу́пак
roman: glúpak
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: stut
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: dumskalle
lang: Polish
word: matoł
lang: Russian
word: дура́к
roman: durák
lang: Spanish
word: paquete
lang: Turkish
word: salak
lang: Turkish
word: mal
lang: Turkish
word: ahmak