chump
To treat as a chump; to defraud or swindleTo treat (someone) as a chump; to defraud or swindle (someone).
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Meaning
1 senses(slang)To treat (someone) as a chump; to defraud or swindle (someone).
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. — odexed
Don't be a chump.
Americans are chumps.
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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Forms
chumps, chumping, chumped, chumpedSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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