chump
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++chump /tʃʌmp/ noun [countable] 1. STUPID/NOT SENSIBLE informal someone who is silly or stupid, and who is easily deceived 傻瓜，笨蛋2. chump chop/steak British EnglishDF a thick piece of meat with a bone in it 大块排骨/牛排
Examples from the Corpus
chump• I mean, a chump who spends an entire three-hour train ride returning voice mail?• Stockbrokers, politicians and company chairmen hanker after retail investors for the same, simple reason: they think they are chumps.• The big chump didn't know what to do.• This is a fine time for Mum to go off her chump, he said to himself as he began his walk.• From literal chump to deserving champ.• From national champs to national chumps.• Caldecott was the epitome of the public school chump that Nick detested.• None of that circus water Loretta dished us out when the chumps were buying.Origin chump (1800-1900) chump “thick piece of wood” ((18-19 centuries)), perhaps from chunk + lumpchump nounChinese
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chump
chump /tʃʌmp/
noun [countable]
2. chump chop/steak British English a thick piece of meat with a bone in it
chump /tʃʌmp/
noun [countable] Date: 1800-1900
Origin: chump 'thick piece of wood' (18-19 centuries), perhaps from chunk + lump
1. informal someone who is silly or stupid, and who is easily deceivedOrigin: chump 'thick piece of wood' (18-19 centuries), perhaps from chunk + lump
2. chump chop/steak British English a thick piece of meat with a bone in it