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chump

/ˈtʃʌmp/CHUHMP
/ˈtʃʌmp/CHUHMP

Meaningto chop

Common meaning: a thick block of wood

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAP‘hew, to cut, to chop’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 402, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)kubba‘to chop’source
  3. Old Norse (Icelandic)meaning shiftsto chop → a logkumbr‘a log’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa log → a thick block of woodchump‘a thick block of wood’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) kubba ‘to chop’.

Roots

  • kubba Old Norse (Icelandic) “to chop”

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