stumpnoun
uk/stʌmp/us/stʌmp/stump noun (PART LEFT)
[ C ] the part of something such as a tree, tooth, arm, or leg that is left after most of it has been removed:
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Things remaining
- (and) all the rest idiom
- balance
- bastion
- cutpiece
- deposit
- dregs
- for the rest idiom
- ground
- relic
- remainder
- remains
- remnant
- residual
- residue
- rest
- the shirt off sb's back idiom
- throwback
- time capsule
- vestige
- wreckage
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stump noun (CRICKET)
the three vertical wooden poles at which the ball is thrown in cricket
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- bowling
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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stumpverb
uk/stʌmp/us/stʌmp/stump verb (NO ANSWER)
to be unable to answer a question or solve a problem because it is too difficult:
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Unaware
- be in the dark idiom
- be on another planet idiom
- benighted
- blind
- blind spot
- blissful
- fail
- faint
- ignorance is bliss idiom
- ignorant
- ill-informed
- illiterate
- in blissful ignorance idiom
- lost
- unawareness
- unbeknownst
- unconscious
- uneducated
- unfamiliar
- unknowing
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stump verb (WALK)
[ I usually + adv/prep ] to stomp
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Moving firmly on foot
- breeze
- clump
- flounce
- goose step
- lope
- march
- not break your stride idiom
- pace
- parade
- prance
- quick march! idiom
- sashay
- stamp
- stomp
- stride
- strut
- surefooted
- swagger
- troop
- waltz
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stump verb (POLITICS)
[ T ] US to travel around an area giving speeches and trying to get political support:
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- first-past-the-post
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- landslide
- nominate
- rigging
- running mate
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- vote of confidence
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stump verb (CRICKET)
[ T usually passive ] If the person hitting the ball in cricket is stumped, their turn to try scoring points is ended by a member of the other team knocking the bails off the stumps with the ball while they are outside a safe area.
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Cricket
- 12th man
- bails 2
- batswoman
- batting average
- bowling
- century
- cricketer
- declare
- delivery
- fall
- field
- maiden
- overthrow
- run sb out
- six
- test match
- the infield
- the outfield
- wicket
- wicketkeeper
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