stumps

Noun

stump (plural stumps)

1. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

   Synonyms:

   stub

2. The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
3. (figuratively) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
   • Paul Muniment had taken hold of Hyacinth, and said, 'I'll trouble you to stay, you little desperado. I'll be blowed if I ever expected to see you on the stump!'1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, London: Macmillan and Co.
4. One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
5. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
6. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.

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