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Meaning of stumped

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

stumped

Pronunciation:

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.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Perplexed, at a loss.

    Example: I'm stumped by this question.

    Synonyms:at a lossbaffledbemusedbewilderedconfusedflummoxedlostnonplussed
  2. (of a batsman) out as a result of the wicket-keeper breaking the wicket with the ball while the batsman is out of his crease.