stump
/stʌmp/
verb
- To confuse or puzzle someone so that they cannot answer or solve something.
- The tricky math problem stumped the entire class.
- She asked a question that stumped even the expert.
- I was completely stumped by the crossword clue.
- To walk heavily or clumsily, often with a stiff or uneven gait.
- He stumped along the path in his heavy boots.
- The old man stumped up the stairs, holding the railing.
- After the long hike, she stumped into the house, exhausted.
- To travel around a region making political speeches, especially during a campaign.
- He spent the fall stumping for votes ahead of the primary.
- The candidate stumped through three states in one week.
- She stumped for her party in small towns across the Midwest.
noun
- The part of a tree that remains in the ground after the trunk has been cut down.
- We sat on an old tree stump and ate our lunch.
- After the storm, only a few stumps were left where the tall oaks once stood.
- The farmer used a tractor to pull the stump out of the field.
- A short remaining piece of something that has been cut or broken off, such as a limb, tooth, or pencil.
- The dentist removed the broken tooth, leaving a tiny stump.
- He had a stump where his leg had been amputated.
- The pencil was worn down to a small stump.
- A situation in a political campaign where a candidate gives speeches, especially from a temporary platform.
- The senator took her message to the stump in rural towns.
- The candidate's stump speech focused on jobs and healthcare.
- He has been on the stump for months before the election.