Main Entry: ²stump

Function: verb

Date: 1581

transitive verb

1 : to reduce to a stump : trim
2 a : dare, challenge b : to frustrate the progress or efforts of : baffle
3 : to clear (land) of stumps
4 : to travel over (a region) making political speeches or supporting a cause
5 a : to walk over heavily or clumsily b : stub 3intransitive verb 1 : to walk heavily or clumsily
2 : to go about making political speeches or supporting a cause

— stump·er noun