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gumphs

gumphs is the plural 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 gumphs

What is gumphs the plural of?
Gumphs is the plural of gumph.

Words near gumphs in the dictionary

  1. gumph
  2. gumphed
  3. gumphing
  4. gumphion
  5. gumphions
  6. gumphs
  7. gumps
  8. gumpth
  9. gumption
  10. gumption trap
  11. gumption traps

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