chump
An incompetent person, a blockheadAn incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
» I don't have time to deal with chumps like you.
Meaning
4 senses(colloquial, derogatory)An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.
(colloquial, derogatory)A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.
ло́хlóx
a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A person's head or face.
Dummkopf, Trottel
дура́кdurák
Examples
6 sentencesI don't have time to deal with chumps like you.
Tom may think he's a champ, but in actuality he's but a chump.
Sympathy is for chumps.
ruСочувствие — это для придурков.
Don't be a chump.
Americans are chumps.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
Origin uncertain; probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump, or perhaps a nasalised variOrigin uncertain; probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump, or perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kubbur (“block of wood, chip (computing)”), Old Norse kumbr for kubbr (“block of wood”), English chop.
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