Meaning

4 senses
  1. One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.

  2. (informal)A wicketkeeper.

    He's not yet well known, but he's a good stumper.

  3. (informal)A difficult puzzle or problem.

    Global warming is a real stumper.

    a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

  4. (archaic, slang)A boastful person

Origin

From stump + -er.

From stump + -er.

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Forms

plural: stumpers
Singularstumper
Pluralstumpers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
difficult puzzle:puzzler
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstump

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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