Gump
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡʌmp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gump is a noun meaning (uncountable) Clipping of gumption.
Meaning
(uncountable) Clipping of gumption.
More Meanings
- (US, dated) A foolish person.
- (Baltimore, District of Columbia, slang) A weak or soft person.
Example Sentences
“I’m a gump, Keith,” he exclaimed. “Someone ought to kick me. I never was so plumb mistook in all of my born days.”
[…] I’d no idee of going to be shot at for money, like these ’ere fools and gumps that goes down to the Florida swamps, to be shot at all day by Ingens, for eighteen pence a day.
Every fond mama is gump enough to think that every Greek god she sees looks like her own boy, even if her own happens to squint and have two teeth missing―which mine hasn’t, thanks the Lord!
The toad stared balefully at his reflection and puffed himself up to show that he wasn't really frightened. "'Tis thou, thou gump," grinned Catweazle evilly, and put Touchwood down on the soap dish.
Word Forms
- gumps
Synonyms for gump
Depending on context, synonyms include dunce, fool, nitwit.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gimp, gumph, gumpf, guppie, guffin, gubbins.
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