chump

plural chumps

1. colloquialderogatoryAn incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

   That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.

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   What chumps! Didn’t they realize that all they had to do was interpret the constitutional term “the Legislature” to mean “the people”?

   2015, chief justice John G. Roberts, dissenting in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission et al., June 29 2015

2. colloquialderogatoryA gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

   It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.

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   You were kidding! And I bit like a chump! Ha ha ha ha ha!

   1943 April 27, “Black Market Meat”, in Fibber McGee and Molly, spoken by Harlow Wilcox

   “Well, that's it. Let's reactivate him. Wake up!” “[Yawns] Hey, chumps and chumpettes. Did you get the bomb out? Can I go back to saying the word I love to say?” “I'm sorry, but we couldn't remove it.” “It's stuck in there with glue or something. I don't know.” “Well, this is just great. What's the point of living if I can't say ass? [Gasps] Hey! I didn't blow up! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! Ass! All right! I'm back in the saddle.” “We couldn't disarm the bomb, so we reset the word that triggers it.” “It's from the list of words you almost never say.” “That's using your ass. So what's the word?” “We think it's better if you don't know.” “Oh, come on. I'm not going to say it. Please? Ooh, is it "please"?” “Nope.” “Hmm. Words I never say. Oh. I know. "Thanks."” “Bender, stop trying to destroy the world.” “Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is it "sorry"? No. "Funderful"? Mmm... "Non-alcoholic"?” “Quit it.” “Bender.” “Stop it, mon.” “Enough already.” “"Compassion"? "Shrimp toast"? "Antiquing"?” [Explosion] “I'm all right.”

   2000 November 26, Eric Horsted, “War Is the H-Word” (20:47 from the start), in Futurama, season 2, episode 17, spoken by Bender (John DiMaggio)

   Ralph Wiggum is generally employed as a bottomless fount of glorious non sequiturs, but in “I Love Lisa” he stands in for every oblivious chump who ever deluded himself into thinking that with persistence, determination, and a pure heart he can win the girl of his dreams.

   2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in AV Club

   Synonyms: gull, sucker, dupe, sap, dummy, patsy, pigeon

3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

   Shaped as if they had been unskilfully cut off the chump-end of something.

   1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter X

4. UKobsoleteslangA person's head or face.

present singular third person chumps · participle present chumping · participle past chumped · past chumped

1. slangtransitiveTo treat (someone) as a chump; to defraud or swindle (someone).

   Synonyms: chump off

present singular third person chumps · participle present chumping · participle past chumped · past chumped

1. datedDated form of chomp.

   At a neighbouring table two Germans were making a hearty meal, chumping the meat and smacking their lips in a kind of heavy ecstasy.

   1922, Arthur Machen, The Secret Glory