chump
pronunciation
How to pronounce chump in British English:
UK [tʃʌmp]
How to pronounce chump in American English:
US [tʃʌmp]
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- Noun:
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Word Origin
- chump (n.)
- 1703, "short, thick lump of wood," akin to Old Norse kumba "block of wood." Meaning "blockhead" is first attested 1883. Chump change attested by 1950.
Example
- 1. But still , the cash devoted to china advertising was hardly chump change .
- 2. But nothing happened - and so blair ended up looking like a chump .
- 3. So let me first say that you can forgive and still not be a chump .
- 4. Too scared to shut this chump up ?
- 5. The actual savings , about $ 5 billion over two years , are chump change given the scale of the deficit .