stump

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Synonyms: slump, stomp, stamp, sump, tump, stum, stmp, stulp, stup, stums, stumm

Antonyms: slump, stomp, stamp, sump, tump, stum, stmp, stulp, stup, stums, stumm

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Noun

1. The [[remains]] of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a [[tree]], the remains of a [[limb]].
2. {{lb|en|politics}} The place or occasion at which a [[campaign]] takes place; the [[husting]].
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A place or occasion at which a person [[harangue]]s or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
4. {{lb|en|cricket}} One of three small [[wooden]] [[post]]s which together with the [[bail]]s make the [[wicket]] and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
5. {{lb|en|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.
7. {{lb|en|slang|humorous}} A [[leg]].
8. A [[pin]] in a [[tumbler]] [[lock]] which forms an [[obstruction]] to throwing the [[bolt]] except when the [[gate]]s of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the [[key]].
9. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[stop]], [[confuse]], or [[puzzle]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To [[baffle]]; to make unable to find an [[answer]] to a [[question]] or [[problem]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[campaign]].
4. {{lb|en|transitive|US|colloquial}} To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving [[speech]]es for [[electioneer]]ing purposes.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|cricket|of a [[wicket keeper]]}} To get a [[batsman]] [[out]] [[stumped]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|cricket}} To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
7. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To walk heavily or clumsily, [[plod]], [[trudge]].
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To reduce to a stump; to [[truncate]] or cut off a part of.
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To strike unexpectedly; to [[stub]], as the toe against something fixed.

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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