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chump

UK
/tʃʌmp/
US
/tʃʌmp/

Translations

chumpnoun
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.
Additional translations
лох
простофиля
Synonyms
dupe
dunce
nincompoop
simpleton
sucker
patsy
fool
chumpverb
chumped
Past Simple
chumped
Past Participle
chumping
Gerund
UK
/tʃʌmp/
US
/tʃʌmp/
Attested chiefly dialectal/colloquial verb meaning “to chew vigorously”; requires full verb paradigm.
Synonyms
mislead
snow
cheat
bilk
take in
con
bamboozle
swindle
gull
deceive
trick
dupe
fool
hoodwink
chumpadjective
Attributive use (e.g. “chump change”); treated as adjective for dictionary completeness.
Synonyms
idiotic
doltish
inexperienced
unsuspecting
suckered
simple-minded
credulous
naive
gullible
foolish

Definitions

chumpnoun
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.
chumpadjective
Used attributively to denote something trivial, insignificant, or associated with foolishness.
They were squabbling over chump change.
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