stump
/stʌmp//stʌmp/noun
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The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
verb
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To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
Example: This last question has me stumped.
To campaign.
Example: He’s been stumping for that reform for months.
Synonyms:campaignTo travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.