gumps

Noun

gump (countable and uncountable, plural gumps)

1. (US, dated) A foolish person.
   • […] the young ignorant gump hearing his father or mother who perhaps may be ten times more ignorant, in point of literature than himself, extoling his learning, struts about in the full assurance, that his attainments in literature are sufficient to take him through the world, when in fact, he has...1829, David Walker, Walker’s Appeal, Boston: for the author, page 33

   Synonyms:

   dunce, fool, nitwit

2. (slang, Baltimore, District of Columbia) A weak or soft person.
   • Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, where the package at man?
     Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): Package up my ass, gump!
     Namond Brice (Julito McCullum): Yo, I'm 'bout to-
     Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall): You're 'bout to! Go on, walk, gump-ass motherfucker!2006, George Pelecanos & Ed Burns, “That's Got His Own” (34:40 from the start), in The Wire, season 4, episode 12, spoken by Kenard (Thuliso Dingwall)

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