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chump

The correct spelling is chump.

How to pronounce chump

/tʃʌmp/
verb

IPA: /tʃʌmp/

Say it like: Chu-mp

The correct spelling is chump. To bite or chew loudly or heavily. For example: "The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp."

Usage Examples

The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.

That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
  2. 2.(Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

noun

  1. 1.An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
  2. 2.A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
  3. 3.The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

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