chump

UK
/tʃʌmp/
US
/tʃʌmp/

Übersetzungen

chumpsubstantiv
chumps
Pl.
UK
/tʃʌmp/
US
/tʃʌmp/
He felt like a chump for falling for the scam.
Он чувствовал себя болваном, попавшись на эту аферу.
Don't be a chump and believe everything you hear.
Не будь дураком и не верь всему, что слышишь.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
chumpverb
chumped
Präteritum
chumped
Partizip Perfekt
chumping
Gerundium
UK
/tʃʌmp/
US
/tʃʌmp/
Attested chiefly dialectal/colloquial verb meaning “to chew vigorously”; requires full verb paradigm.
chumpadjektiv
Attributive use (e.g. “chump change”); treated as adjective for dictionary completeness.

Definitionen

chumpsubstantiv
A person who is easily deceived or tricked; a fool.
He felt like a chump after falling for the scam.
A thick or heavy piece of something, especially wood.
He threw a chump of wood onto the fire to keep it burning.
The rump end of a lamb, mutton, or beef carcass considered as a cut of meat.
British butchers sell chump chops as a tender grilling cut.
chumpverb
To bite or chew (something) vigorously; to chomp.
The horse chumped the carrots noisily in the stable.
chumpadjektiv
Used attributively to denote something trivial, insignificant, or associated with foolishness.
They were squabbling over chump change.