What does “stump” mean?
- 1
nounthe part of a tree left in the ground after it has been cut down
He sat on an old tree stump.
- 2
verbto ask someone a question so difficult that they cannot answer
The last question stumped everyone.
- 3
verb(US) to travel around giving speeches in a political campaign
The senator stumped across the state.
Stump at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun & verb
- CEFR level
- C2 (proficient)
- Pronunciation
- /stʌmp/ · STUMP
How to use “stump” correctly
“I’m stumped” (informal) means I have no idea. A “stump speech” is a politician’s standard campaign speech.
Common phrases with “stump”
- be stumped
- tree stump
- on the stump
- stump speech
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