Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US, countable, dated, uncountable)A foolish person.

  2. (countable, slang, uncountable)A weak or soft person.

Origin

Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 19

Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump.

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Forms

plural: gumps
Singulargump
Pluralgumps

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgump stump

See also

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