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chumps

/t͡ʃʌmps/

chumps is the plural of chump.

Meaning of chump

Noun

chump (plural chumps)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
    • That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
    • It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
    Synonyms:
    gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon
  3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
    • Shaped as if they had been unskilfully cut off the chump-end of something.1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter X
  4. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person's head or face.

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Questions about chumps

What is chumps the plural of?
Chumps is the plural of chump.
How do you pronounce chumps?
Chumps is pronounced /t͡ʃʌmps/.

Words near chumps in the dictionary

  1. chumpions
  2. chumpish
  3. chumpishness
  4. chumpism
  5. Chumpitaz
  6. chumps
  7. chumps off
  8. chumpy
  9. chumra
  10. chums
  11. chums in

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