Main Entry:

²stump

Function:

verb

Date:

1581

transitive verb

1: to reduce to a stump : trim2 a: dare, challenge b: to frustrate the progress or efforts of : baffle3: to clear (land) of stumps4: to travel over (a region) making political speeches or supporting a cause5 a: to walk over heavily or clumsily b: stub 3intransitive verb1: to walk heavily or clumsily2: to go about making political speeches or supporting a cause

— stump·er noun