Stump meanings. All definitions of Stump

noun stump the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed. 1

noun stump the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off. 1

noun stump a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum. 1

noun stump a short remnant, as of a candle; stub. 1

noun stump any basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed. 1

noun stump an artificial leg. 1

noun stump Usually, stumps. Informal. legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here. 1

noun stump a short, stocky person. 1

noun stump a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person. 1

noun stump the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump. 1

noun stump Furniture. a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc. Compare post1 (def 2). 1

noun stump a short, thick roll of paper, soft leather, or some similar material, usually having a blunt point, for rubbing a pencil, charcoal, or crayon drawing in order to achieve subtle gradations of tone in representing light and shade. 1

noun stump Cricket. each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket. 1

verb with object stump to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop. 1

verb with object stump to clear of stumps, as land. 1

verb with object stump Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe. 1

verb with object stump to nonplus, embarrass, or render completely at a loss: This riddle stumps me. 1

verb with object stump to challenge or dare to do something. 1

verb with object stump to make political campaign speeches to or in: to stump a state. 1

verb with object stump Cricket. (of the wicketkeeper) to put (a batsman) out by knocking down a stump or by dislodging a bail with the ball held in the hand at a moment when the batsman is off his ground. 1

verb with object stump to tone or modify (a crayon drawing, pencil rendering, etc.) by means of a stump. 1

verb without object stump to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg: The captain stumped across the deck. 1

verb without object stump to make political campaign speeches; electioneer. 1

idioms stump up a stump, Informal. at a loss; embarrassed; perplexed: Sociologists are up a stump over the sharp rise in juvenile delinquency and crime. 1

noun stump of tree 1

transitive verb stump baffle, puzzle 1

noun stump of amputated limb 1

noun stump of tooth 1

noun stump heavy tread 1

noun,plural stump cricket: part of wicket 1

intransitive verb stump politics: campaign 1

intransitive verb stump walk heavily 1

transitive verb stump cricket: break wicket 1

countable noun stump A stump is a small part of something that remains when the rest of it has been removed or broken off. 0

countable noun stump In cricket, the stumps are the three wooden sticks that are placed upright in the ground to form the wicket. 0

verb stump If you are stumped by a question or problem, you cannot think of any solution or answer to it. 0

verb stump If you stump somewhere, you walk there with heavy steps. 0

verb stump If politicians stump the country or stump for a candidate, they travel around making campaign speeches before an election. 0

noun stump the base part of a tree trunk left standing after the tree has been felled or has fallen 0

noun stump the part of something, such as a tooth, limb, or blade, that remains after a larger part has been removed 0

noun stump a leg 0

noun stump any of three upright wooden sticks that, with two bails laid across them, form a wicket (the stumps) 0

noun stump a short sharply-pointed stick of cork or rolled paper or leather, used in drawing and shading 0

noun stump a heavy tread or the sound of heavy footsteps 0

noun stump a platform used by an orator when addressing a meeting 0

noun stump a pile used to support a house 0

verb stump to stop, confuse, or puzzle 0

verb stump to plod or trudge heavily 0

verb stump (of a fielder, esp a wicketkeeper) to dismiss (a batsman) by breaking his wicket with the ball or with the ball in the hand while he is out of his crease 0

verb stump to campaign or canvass (an area), esp by political speech-making 0

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