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chump block

chump block verb: to block an attack from a powerful attacker with a weak defender that will neither survive the attack nor destroy the attacker.

Verb

chump block (third-person singular simple present chump blocks, present participle chump blocking, simple past and past participle chump blocked)

  1. (intransitive, collectible card games) To block an attack from a powerful attacker with a weak defender that will neither survive the attack nor destroy the attacker.
    • This is a bad Pacifism, as it allows the creature to stay around and at least chump block for a turn.1998 September 17, Mark Justice with Beth Moursund, Magic: The Gathering Advanced Strategy Guide: The Color-Illustrated Guide to Expert Magic, New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, →ISBN, page 49
    • And, in the mid-late game, random 1-2 fighting guys get chucked out there just to get them out of hand and to chump block.2001 June 14, Julian Lighton, “Re: [FIST] Netherworld 2: Spoiler and Commentary - Part 3 (Long)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.misc (Usenet), message-ID <oiUV6.66$9d.31806@newshog.newsread.com>

Forms of chump block

third-person singular presentchump blocks
present participlechump blocking
past participlechump blocked
pastchump blocked
alternative formchump-block

Words formed from chump block

Questions about chump block

What does chump block mean?
Chump block means to block an attack from a powerful attacker with a weak defender that will neither survive the attack nor destroy the attacker.
What part of speech is chump block?
Chump block is a verb.
What is the past tense of chump block?
The past tense of chump block is chump blocked.

Words near chump block in the dictionary

  1. Chumney
  2. Chumneys
  3. chumocracies
  4. chumocracy
  5. chump
  6. chump block
  7. chump blocked
  8. chump blocker
  9. chump blockers
  10. chump blocking
  11. chump blocks

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