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stump1
noun
1 the part of a felled or fallen tree that is left in the ground.
2 the short part of anything, eg a limb, that is left after the larger part has been removed, used up, etc a little stump of a pencil .
3 cricket
a any of the three thin vertical wooden posts that form the wicket;
b (the stumps) the whole wicket, including the bails.
4 jocular a leg.
5 a a stumping walk;
b the noise made by a stumping walk.
6 a platform that is used by someone giving a political speech.
verb (stumped , stumping )
1 to baffle or perplex.
2 intr to walk stiffly and unsteadily, or heavily and noisily.
3 cricket said of the wicketkeeper: to dismiss (a batsman or batswoman) by disturbing the wicket with the ball while they are outside the crease.
4 to reduce to a stump.
5 to clear (land) of tree stumps.
6 intr , N Am, esp US to go round making political speeches.
[14c: from stumpen to stumble]
stumper noun .
draw stumps
1 cricket to declare that the day's play is over.
2 to finish something.
on the stump busy with political campaigning, especially by going round delivering speeches.
stir one's stumps to start moving, especially after a period of inactivity.
stump up colloq to pay.
noun
1 the part of a felled or fallen tree that is left in the ground.
2 the short part of anything, eg a limb, that is left after the larger part has been removed, used up, etc a little stump of a pencil .
3 cricket
a any of the three thin vertical wooden posts that form the wicket;
b (the stumps) the whole wicket, including the bails.
4 jocular a leg.
5 a a stumping walk;
b the noise made by a stumping walk.
6 a platform that is used by someone giving a political speech.
verb (stumped , stumping )
1 to baffle or perplex.
2 intr to walk stiffly and unsteadily, or heavily and noisily.
3 cricket said of the wicketkeeper: to dismiss (a batsman or batswoman) by disturbing the wicket with the ball while they are outside the crease.
4 to reduce to a stump.
5 to clear (land) of tree stumps.
6 intr , N Am, esp US to go round making political speeches.
[14c: from stumpen to stumble]
stumper noun .
draw stumps
1 cricket to declare that the day's play is over.
2 to finish something.
on the stump busy with political campaigning, especially by going round delivering speeches.
stir one's stumps to start moving, especially after a period of inactivity.
stump up colloq to pay.
stump2 art
noun a piece of cork or a roll of paper, leather, etc that is pointed at both ends and which is used for blurring chalk, charcoal, etc lines in order to achieve tonal gradations. Also called tortillon.
verb (stumped , stumping ) to use a stump to produce gradations of tone.
[18c]
noun a piece of cork or a roll of paper, leather, etc that is pointed at both ends and which is used for blurring chalk, charcoal, etc lines in order to achieve tonal gradations. Also called tortillon.
verb (stumped , stumping ) to use a stump to produce gradations of tone.
[18c]
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