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Meaning of chump

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

chump

Pronunciation:/tʃʌmp/

verb

Definitions

  1. To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

    Example: The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.

  2. (Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

noun

Definitions

  1. An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

    Example: That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

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

    Example: It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.

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