stump

/stʌmp/

noun

1
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
2
The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
3
A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
4
One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
5
(drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
6
A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
7
A leg.
“to stir one's stumps”
8
A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
9
A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.

1
To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
2
To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
“This last question has me stumped.”
3
To campaign.
“He’s been stumping for that reform for months.”
4
To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
5
(of a wicket keeper) To get a batsman out stumped.
6
To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
7
To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
8
To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
9
To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.

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