stump

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌmp

[edit] Noun

stump (plural stumps)

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1. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
2. (politics) The place where a campaign takes place.
3. (politics) An occasion at which the campaign takes place.
4. (cricket) 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.
5. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
6. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.

[edit] Derived terms

• stumps
• pull up stumps
• on the stump

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[edit] Verb

to stump (third-person singular simple present stumps, present participle stumping, simple past and past participle stumped)

1. (intransitive) to baffle; to be unable to find an answer to a question or problem.

   This last question has me stumped.

2. (intransitive) to campaign

   He’s been stumping for that reform for months.

3. (transitive, cricket, of a wicket keeper) to get a batsman out stumped
4. (intransitive) to walk heavily or clumsily

[edit] Related terms

• stumped

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[edit] See also

• stump up