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Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : guhmp

Phonetic Transcription : gʌmp

Definition of gump

Origin : "dolt, numskull," 1825; meaning "chicken" is from 1914, U.S. thieves' slang.

As in comical : adj amusing
As in comic/comical : adj amusing
As in chicken : noun farm fowl

Example sentences :

"If he was a girl, he would be a gump and a goose," said this saucy John.
Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various

His family cannot determine whether he is a gump or a genius.
Extract from : « A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs » by Laurence Hutton

He was lying on his back at the foot of the Gump, though how he got there he could never tell.
Extract from : « Cornwall's Wonderland » by Mabel Quiller-Couch

"Well, what a gump I was not to think of that myself," he observed.
Extract from : « Air Service Boys Flying for Victory » by Charles Amory Beach

He has no time to waste, but he is efficient without being a "gump."
Extract from : « Huts in Hell » by Daniel A. Poling

All I got to say, Gump, you should some day have just such a daughter!
Extract from : « Just Around the Corner » by Fannie Hurst

It wouldn't have been brave in that gump, Edith, without a nerve in her body.
Extract from : « The Vehement Flame » by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

He had been cruel to judge her, as he might have judged her had she been well—or a gump like Edith!
Extract from : « The Vehement Flame » by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland

"I'm delighted to hear it," replied the Gump, with a slight cough.
Extract from : « The Marvellous Land of Oz » by L. Frank Baum

"I've been wondering that myself," returned the Gump quietly.
Extract from : « The Marvellous Land of Oz » by L. Frank Baum

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