chump

noun

\ ˈchəmp

plural chumps

Definition of chump

informal : a person who is easily tricked : a stupid or foolish person When you get down to it, he's a sucker. A chump. He's spent more time and money on me in six weeks than all the men I've known put together.— Terry McMillan — see also chump change

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Synonyms for chump

Synonyms

dupe,
gull,
mug
[chiefly British],
patsy,
pigeon,
pushover,
sap,
soft touch,
sucker,
tool

Examples of chump in a Sentence

the guy trying to unload that used car must have thought that I was a chump

Recent Examples on the Web Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump’s game. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 26 Mar. 2020 And seeing as your bottled water probably came from municipal pipes anyway, you’re being played for a chump by the roughly $200-billion U.S. beverage industry. Cheers! — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2021 Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump’s game. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 26 Mar. 2020 The Justice Department’s real position is that legal technicalities require the judiciary to make a chump out of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021 Being Chuck-ed by The Men not only leaves another welt in a psyche stuffed with them, but also marks you as a chump. — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 28 July 2021 For some reason, Da'Vonne is still treating David like a chump player, and putting full trust in Dani and Nicole. — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2020 Americans invented business English and confessional poetry; doing business in the UK is an entirely different thing, and confession there is a chump’s game. — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 10 Mar. 2020 Chicken pho at Bun Mee San Francisco International Airport’s food offerings have gotten a lot of press lately for bringing in powerhouses Tartine, Cala and Pim Techamuanvivit’s Kamin, but those are out of reach for chumps flying domestic. — Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 13 Jan. 2020

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