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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHUMP, n. A short, thick, heavy piece of wood, less than a block.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: perhaps blend of chunk and lump Date: 1876 fool, dupe

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 colloq. a foolish person. 2 Brit. the thick end, esp. of a loin of lamb or mutton (chump chop). 3 a short thick block of wood. 4 Brit. sl. the head. Phrases and idioms: off one's chump Brit. sl. crazy. Etymology: 18th c.: blend of CHUNK and LUMP(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chump Chump, n. [Cf. Icel. kumbr a chopping, E. chop.] A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. --Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. --Dickens.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chumps) If you call someone who you like a chump, you are telling them that they have done something rather stupid or foolish, or that they are always doing stupid things. (INFORMAL) The guy's a chump. I could do a better job myself. = idiot N-COUNT [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Thick piece or block.

Foolish Dictionary

Any one whose opinion differs radically from ours.

Moby Thesaurus

asshole, babe, bean, boob, booby, butt, champ, chaw, chew, chomp, cinch, conk, credulous person, crunch, cull, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dingdong, dolt, dolthead, dome, dupe, easy mark, easy pickings, fall guy, fathead, fish, fool, galoot, gobe-mouches, goof, greener, greenhorn, greeny, gudgeon, gull, head, headpiece, innocent, jerk, jerk-off, klutz, leadpipe cinch, mark, masticate, monkey, munch, mutt, noddle, noggin, noodle, oaf, patsy, pigeon, plaything, poll, prize sap, pushover, ruminate, sap, saphead, sawney, schlemiel, scrunch, sitting duck, stooge, sucker, toy, trusting soul, victim