stump

stump

verb

Definition of STUMP

1

to move heavily or clumsily <the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses>

Synonyms barge, clomp, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Related Words drag, flop, haul; blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

Antonyms breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

2

to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat <when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole>

Synonyms dare, defy, stump

Related Words beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, face, outbrave, outface