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- [guhmp]
- /gʌmp/
- /ˈɡəmp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [guhmp]
- /gʌmp/
Definitions of gump word
- noun gump a foolish or stupid person. 1
- noun gump (dated) a dunce, a foolish person or nitwit. 1
- verb gump to guddle 0
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Origin of gump
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25; origin uncertain
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Gump
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gump popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
gump usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gump
noun gump
- poultry — domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
- biddy — If someone describes an old woman as an old biddy, they are saying in an unkind way that they think she is silly or unpleasant.
- chick — A chick is a baby bird.
- cock — A man's cock is his penis.
- hen — the female of the domestic fowl.
adj gump
- mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
- absurd — If you say that something is absurd, you are criticizing it because you think that it is ridiculous or that it does not make sense.
- batty — If you say that someone is batty, you mean that they are rather eccentric or slightly crazy.
- camp — A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay.
- comical — If you describe something as comical, you mean that it makes you want to laugh because it seems funny or silly.
adjective gump
- amusing — Someone or something that is amusing makes you laugh or smile.
- entertaining — Providing amusement or enjoyment.
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
Antonyms for gump
adj gump
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