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Uncommonstump
The correct spelling is stump.
How to pronounce stump
/stʌmp/
nounIPA: /stʌmp/
Say it like: Stu-mp
The correct spelling is stump. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. For example: "to stir one's stumps"
Usage Examples
“to stir one's stumps”
“This last question has me stumped.”
“He’s been stumping for that reform for months.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
- 2.The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
- 3.A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
- 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.
verb
- 1.To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
- 2.To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
- 3.To campaign.
- 4.To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
- 5.(of a wicket keeper) To get a batsman out stumped.
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