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pick up stompies

pick up stompies verb: to join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.

Verb

pick up stompies (third-person singular simple present picks up stompies, present participle picking up stompies, simple past and past participle picked up stompies)

  1. (South Africa) To join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.

Forms of pick up stompies

third-person singular presentpicks up stompies
present participlepicking up stompies
past participlepicked up stompies
pastpicked up stompies

Origin of pick up stompies

See stompie (“cigarette butt”), suggesting something that is over and done with.

Questions about pick up stompies

What does pick up stompies mean?
Pick up stompies means to join a conversation at the tail end, without knowing much about its content.
What part of speech is pick up stompies?
Pick up stompies is a verb.
What is the past tense of pick up stompies?
The past tense of pick up stompies is picked up stompies.

Words near pick up stompies in the dictionary

  1. pick up one's crumbs
  2. pick up one's marbles and go home
  3. pick up speed
  4. pick up steam
  5. pick up stitches
  6. pick up stompies
  7. pick up the ball and run with it
  8. pick up the mantle
  9. pick up the pace
  10. pick up the phone
  11. pick up the pieces

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