chump

English

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• Rhymes: -ʌmp

Noun

chump (plural chumps)

1. (US, slang) the opposite of a champ; a loser

   Don't be such a chump.

2. the smaller of two bullies

   I'll take on that chump, and you fight the other one.

3. (pejorative) an unintelligent person; a blockhead

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

4. 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.

5. someone lacking good sense - especially considered so for being scrupulous or unselfish

   What a chump! He could have kept that money!

6. 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.

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

Translations

the opposite of a champ

Finnish: luuseri (fi) French: ringard (fr)

Russian: неудачник (ru)

the smaller of two bullies

Russian: мелкий (ru)

an unintelligent person

Finnish: typerys (fi), tollo (fi) French: abruti (fr) m., idiot (fr) m., andouille (fr) f., âne (fr) m., imbécile (fr) m. German: Dummkopf (de) m., Trottel (de) m.

Hungarian: bunkó (hu) Russian: дурак (ru)

a gullible person

Finnish: typerys (fi), tollo (fi)

someone easily taken advantage of

Finnish: tollo (fi), hölmö (fi)

Hungarian: balek (hu)

the target of a scam

Finnish: tollo (fi), tohelo (fi), hölmö (fi) Hungarian: balek (hu)

Russian: лох (ru) m.

someone lacking good sense

Finnish: tomppeli (fi), tollo (fi), tunari (fi)

Derived terms

• chump change
• chump chop