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gumpf

gumpf is the alternative form of gumph.

Meaning of gumph

Noun (1)

gumph (countable and uncountable, plural gumphs)

  1. A foolish person; a gump.
    • Gump, a numscull.1825, John Jamieson, Supplement to the Etymological dictionary of the Scottish language
  2. (slang, uncountable) Nonsense.
    • Things had not been going will with Pino ever since he started to take Sister Apollonia’s bloated gumph as gospel. Thanks to the wacko, his man was actually getting a Christ complex.1998 December 15, T.C. Van Adler, St. Agatha's Breast: A Novel, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN

Noun (2)

gumph (uncountable)

  1. Gumption; grit.
    • Never lifted a hand to defend himself, hadn’t got any gumph.a. 1923, Violet Hunt, The Coach

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Questions about gumpf

What is gumpf the alternative form of?
Gumpf is the alternative form of gumph.

Words near gumpf in the dictionary

  1. gump-stump
  2. gump-stumps
  3. Gumpert
  4. Gumperts
  5. Gumperzian
  6. gumpf
  7. gumph
  8. gumphed
  9. gumphing
  10. gumphion
  11. gumphions

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