chump
/tʃʌmp/
verb
- 1
To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
“The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.”
- 2
(Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
noun
- 1
An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.
“That chump wouldn't know his ass from a hole in the ground.”
- 2
A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.
“It shouldn't be hard to put one over on that chump.”
- 3
The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.
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