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

stump

noun
 
/stʌmp/
 
/stʌmp/
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  1. [countable] the bottom part of a tree left in the ground after the rest has fallen or been cut downTopics Plants and treesc2
  2. [countable] the end of something or the part that is left after the main part has been cut, broken off or worn away
    • the stump of a pencil
  3. [countable] the short part of somebody’s leg or arm that is left after the rest has been cut off
  4. [countable, usually plural] (in cricket) one of the set of three wooden sticks (called the stumps) that stand in the ground and form the wicket
    • The ball went past the batsman and hit the stumps.
    Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  5. usually the stump
     [singular] (especially North American English, informal) the fact of a politician going to different places before an election and trying to get people’s support by making speeches
    • on the stump politicians on the stump
    • The senator gave his standard stump speech.
    6. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a part of a limb remaining after an amputation): from Middle Low German stump(e) or Middle Dutch stomp. The early sense of the verb was ‘stumble’.
Idioms
stir your stumps
  1. (old-fashioned, British English, informal) to begin to move; to hurry
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