chump

Meaning

Noun

1. (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
2. (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
3. The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
4. (UK, obsolete, slang) A person's head or face.

Verb

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

Verb

Dated form of chomp.

Synonyms

fool

sucker

dupe

dolt

simpleton

booby

mark

mug

block

soft touch

fall guy

patsy

gull

nincompoop

tomfool

goof

goon

dunce

lummox

moron

blockhead

jackass

jerk

klutz

knucklehead

lame

log

loggerhead

muggins

mutt

muttonhead

nerd

noddle

noodle

numskull

oaf

pate

pinhead

saphead

schnook

sideboard

simp

simple

slob

square

stump

stupe

stupid

trunk

twerp

Translations

allocco

Dummkopf

stupido

Trottel

idiot

zoquete

idiota

abruti

imbécile

Einfaltspinsel

Klotz

sot

Hohlkopf

Dummerchen

Schwachkopf

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌmp/

Etymology

Cognate with Icelandic: kubbur

Cognate with Old Norse: kumbr

Cognate with English: chop

In summary

Origin uncertain; probably a blend of chunk and lump or stump, or perhaps a nasalised variant of chub (“someone chubby, something thick”). Compare Icelandic kubbur (“block of wood, chip (computing)”), Old Norse kumbr for kubbr (“block of wood”), English chop.