ALL meanings of stumps
stump
S s - noun stumps 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 stumps the part of a limb of the body remaining after the rest has been cut off. 1
- noun stumps a part of a broken or decayed tooth left in the gum. 1
- noun stumps a short remnant, as of a candle; stub. 1
- noun stumps any basal part remaining after the main or more important part has been removed. 1
- noun stumps an artificial leg. 1
- noun stumps Usually, stumps. Informal. legs: Stir your stumps and get out of here. 1
- noun stumps a short, stocky person. 1
- noun stumps a heavy step or gait, as of a wooden-legged or lame person. 1
- noun stumps the figurative place of political speechmaking: to go on the stump. 1
- noun stumps Furniture. a support for the front end of the arm of a chair, sofa, etc. Compare post1 (def 2). 1
- noun stumps 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 stumps Cricket. each of the three upright sticks that, with the two bails laid on top of them, form a wicket. 1
- verb with object stumps to reduce to a stump; truncate; lop. 1
- verb with object stumps to clear of stumps, as land. 1
- verb with object stumps Chiefly Southern U.S. to stub, as one's toe. 1
- verb with object stumps to nonplus, embarrass, or render completely at a loss: This riddle stumps me. 1
- verb with object stumps to challenge or dare to do something. 1
- verb with object stumps to make political campaign speeches to or in: to stump a state. 1
- verb with object stumps 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 stumps to tone or modify (a crayon drawing, pencil rendering, etc.) by means of a stump. 1
- verb without object stumps to walk heavily or clumsily, as if with a wooden leg: The captain stumped across the deck. 1
- verb without object stumps to make political campaign speeches; electioneer. 1
- idioms stumps up a stump, Informal. at a loss; embarrassed; perplexed: Sociologists are up a stump over the sharp rise in juvenile delinquency and crime. 1