Complete Definition of "stump"

English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�mp|-�mp

Noun
en-noun
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  1. the remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb
  2. politics the place where a campaign takes place
  3. politics an occasion at which the campaign takes place
  4. cricket one of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball
  5. context|drawing an artists� drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media
  6. wooden or concrete poles used to support a house.

Derived terms
stumps
pull up stumps
on the stump

Translations
trans-top|remains of something that has been cut off
Bosnian: panj m
Finnish: tynkä
French: souche f
German: Stumpf m
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Korean: 그루�기 (geuruteogi)
Russian: пен� (p'en') m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: па� m
:Roman: panj#Serbian|panj m
Spanish: tocón m (tree); muñón m (arm, leg, tail); raíz f (tooth); punta final f (pencil); cabo m (candle)
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trans-top|(cricket) a wooden post forming part of the wicket
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Spanish: estaca f
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Verb
en-verb

  1. intransitive to baffle; to be unable to find an answer to a question or problem.

#: ''This last question has me stumped.

  1. intransitive to campaign

#: He�s been stumping for that reform for months.

  1. context|transitive|cricket|of a wicket keeper to get a batsman out stumped

Translations
trans-top|to baffle or confuse
Finnish: hämmentää, sekoittaa
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trans-top|to campaign
Finnish: kampanjoida
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trans-top|to get a batsman out stumped
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Related terms
stumped

See also
stump up

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