chump
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[edit] Noun
chump (plural chumps)
- (US, slang) the opposite of a champ; a loser
- Don't be such a chump.
- the smaller of two bullies
- I'll take on that chump, and you fight the other one.
- (pejorative) an unintelligent person; a blockhead
- That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
- a gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; the target of a scam
- It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
- someone lacking good sense - especially considered so for being scrupulous or unselfish
- What a chump! He could have kept that money!
- the thick end (originally of a joint of meat)
- They were shaped as if they had been unskillfully cut off the chump end of something.
[edit] Synonyms
- (the opposite of a champ): loser, spoilsport, wimp
- (the smaller of two bullies): toady
- (an unintelligent person): blockhead, idiot, dope, dolt, dunce, dummy
- (a gullible person): gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy
- (someone easily taken advantage of): pushover, patsy
- (the target of a scam): mark, pigeon, sucker
- (someone lacking good sense): fool, dummy
- See also Wikisaurus:dupe
[edit] Translations
an unintelligent person
the target of a scam