TOP

Definition of chump noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chump

noun
 
/tʃʌmp/
 
/tʃʌmp/
 (old-fashioned, informal)
jump to other results
  1. a stupid person
    • Don't be such a chump!
    Word Originearly 18th cent. (in the sense ‘thick lump of wood’): probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump.
See chump in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Check pronunciation: chump

Other results

All matches

Nearby words

era
noun
 
 
From the Topic
History
B2
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day