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nouna person or thing that stumps. an extremely difficult question, task, or problem. a person who makes stump speeches. Origin of stumperFirst recorded in 1725–35; stump + -er1 Words nearby stumperstumer, stump, stumpage, stump bed, stump cancer, stumper, stump farm, stump foot, stump-jump plough, stumpknocker, stump ranch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stumper"I thought it was a stumper," he remarked with evident satisfaction. The Land of Promise|D. Torbett This logic was rather a stumper; but they took him up, as before said, and carried him for further examination. The Women of the Confederacy|J. L. Underwood That was a 'stumper' for the poor woman, who evidently did not understand one half of the sentence. Continental Monthly , Vol I, Issue I, January 1862|Various That was a "stumper" for the poor woman, who evidently did not understand one-half of the sentence. Among the Pines|James R. Gilmore
Words related to stumperriddle, conundrum, subtlety, question, enigma, secrecy, problem, thriller, mystery, dilemma, puzzle, quandary, complexity, teaser, applicant, competitor, nominee, contender, contestant, aspirant |