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gump

noun
/ɡʌmp/

Etymology

Perhaps related to gumption. The term long pre-dates the slow-witted character from the 1994 film Forrest Gump.

Definitions

  1. Clipping of gumption

  2. A foolish person.

    • […] I’d no idee of going to be shot at for money, like these ’ere fools and gumps that goes down to the Florida swamps, to be shot at all day by Ingens, for eighteen pence a day.

  3. A weak or soft person.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A surname.

    2. Acronym of gas (fuel), undercarriage (landing gear), mixture (fuel mixture), prop…

      Acronym of gas (fuel), undercarriage (landing gear), mixture (fuel mixture), prop (propeller setting); a mnemonic for landing an airplane; particularly propeller-propelled carburated powered one with a retractable landing gear.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for gump. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA