Past tense of stump
regular verb
The past tense of stump is stumped. The past participle is also stumped.
Forms of stump
| Base form (V1) | stump /stʌmp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stumped |
| Past participle (V3) | stumped |
| Present participle | stumping |
| Third person singular | stumps |
Stumped in a sentence
- This last question has me stumped.
- Freedom was in the air this spring, when millionaire philosopher Ivan Kramberger stumped the countryside on a platform of Slovenian independence and social welfare.1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 120
- Jim stumped up for the cinema tickets, but I paid for the coffees afterwards.From the entry stump up
- So if women don’t come on flirty or maternal, she thinks, some men get stumped.2018 December 28, Catherine Shoard, “Keira Knightley: 'I can’t act the flirt or mother to get my voice heard. It makes me feel sick”, in…. From the entry stumped
- Q: “Who owns the Central Library building in downtown L.A.?” Trevor was stumped.1991 March 4, Jack Smith, “Matching Wits With a 12-Year-Old Computer Whiz”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry dummie
Meaning of stump
- noun The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
- noun The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
- noun A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
Questions about the past tense of stump
- What is the past tense of stump?
- The past tense of stump is stumped.
- What is the past participle of stump?
- The past participle of stump is stumped.
- Is stump a regular or irregular verb?
- Stump is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stump (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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