chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug
(noun) a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
Source: WordNet® 3.1
chump (plural chumps)
(colloquial, pejorative) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
(colloquial, pejorative) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
• (an unintelligent person): blockhead, idiot, dope, dolt, dunce, dummy
• (a gullible person): gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon
• See also dupe
chump (third-person singular simple present chumps, present participle chumping, simple past and past participle chumped)
Dated form of chomp.
Source: Wiktionary
Chump, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. kumbr a chopping, E. chop.]
Definition: A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
