Synonyms for gump
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : guhmp |
Phonetic Transcription : gÊŒmp |
Top 10 synonyms for gump Other synonyms for the word gump
- banty
- barnyard fowl
- batty
- biddy
- boffo
- camp
- capon
- chick
- cock
- cock-a-doodle-do
- cockalorum
- cockerel
- comical
- crazy
- crazy shtick
- dippy
- diverting
- dizzy
- droll
- facetious
- flaky
- fool
- fool around
- fool-headed
- foolheaded
- for grins
- freaky
- gelastic
- goofus
- gump
- heeler
- horse's tail
- jerky
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- light
- loony
- ludicrous
- Mickey Mouse
- nutty
- off the wall
- poultry
- priceless
- pullet
- ridiculous
- risible
- rooster
- schtick
- screwy
- side-splitting
- silly
- wacky
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for gump
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