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Grammar : Noun
Spell : guhmp-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgʌmp ʃən



Definition of gumption

Origin :
  • 1719, originally Scottish, "common sense, shrewdness," also "drive, initiative," possibly connected with Middle English gome "attention, heed," from Old Norse gaumr "heed, attention." Sense of "initiative" is first recorded 1812.
  • noun nerve, initiative
Example sentences :
  • All we wanted was them needles and a little elbow-grease and gumption.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • If your father'd just had the gumption to hold out, they'd have had to pay him anything he asked.
  • Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington
  • There's a lot of stuff in your story that wouldn't be there if you had any gumption.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Beyond all instruments and weapons are his skill, agility, gumption, diplomacy.
  • Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers » by Various
  • Do have some gumption, Amy, and cut out the salty-tear business.
  • Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • He called it no better than cheating, he did not—he, Mr. Gumption.
  • Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
  • May be you have gumption enough to know what he got for him?
  • Extract from : « The Ned M'Keown Stories » by William Carleton
  • "And nobody's had the gumption to fight 'em," said Mr. Widgeon.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • She's got more ambition an' gumption than ary young one I ever knowed.
  • Extract from : « The Brass Bound Box » by Evelyn Raymond
  • It took the gumption all out of him, an' he didn't live a year.
  • Extract from : « The Christmas Story from David Harum » by Edward Noyes Westcott

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