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Meaning of stump cutter

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

stump

Pronunciation:/stʌmp//stʌmp/

noun

Definitions

  1. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

  2. The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.

  3. A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.

  4. 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

Definitions

  1. To stop, confuse, or puzzle.

  2. To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.

    Example: This last question has me stumped.

  3. To campaign.

    Example: He’s been stumping for that reform for months.

    Synonyms:campaign
  4. To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.