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gumption traps

gumption traps is the plural of gumption trap.

Meaning of gumption trap

Noun

gumption trap (plural gumption traps)

  1. (informal) An event or mindset that can cause a person to lose enthusiasm and become discouraged from starting or continuing a project.
    • There are hundreds of different kinds of gumption traps, maybe thousands, maybe millions. I have no way of knowing how many I don't know. I know it seems as though I've stumbled into every kind of gumption trap imaginable.1974, Robert M[aynard] Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow & Company, →ISBN, part III, page 304

Questions about gumption traps

What is gumption traps the plural of?
Gumption traps is the plural of gumption trap.

Words near gumption traps in the dictionary

  1. gumphs
  2. gumps
  3. gumpth
  4. gumption
  5. gumption trap
  6. gumption traps
  7. gumptionless
  8. gumptions
  9. gumptious
  10. gums
  11. gums ammoniac

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