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▪ I. gump, n.1 dial. and U.S.|gʌmp|
Also gumph.
A foolish person, a dolt.
1825Jamieson Suppl., Gump, a numscull; a term most generally applied to a female, conveying the idea of great stupidity. 1825J. Neal Bro. Jonathan II. xv. 42 He's..sort of a naiteral too, I guess; rather a gump, hey? 1848Lowell Biglow P. Poems 1890 II. 47 An' it makes a handy sum, tu, Any gump could larn by heart. 1866–1930in Sc. Nat. Dict. 1883F. R. Stockton Rudder Grange vii. 97 ‘Get down, gump’, said Pomona, and down she scrambled. 1888Advance (Chicago) 21 June 387 Molly,..has that great gump been making love to you? 1920R. Macaulay Potterism vi. i. 209, I never know whether to believe Clare; she's such a gumph. 1945‘A. Gilbert’ Don't open Door xv. 124 She might do her best to attract attention—any girl who wasn't a complete gumph would.
▪ II. gump, n.2 U.S. slang.|gʌmp|
[Perh. the same word as n.1]
A chicken.
1914Jackson & Hellyer Vocab. Crim. Slang 39 Gump,..a chicken; a fowl. 1926J. Black You can't Win vi. 64 ‘I've got a gump in my bindle.’..He unrolled his blankets and produced a live chicken, big and fat. 1931‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route 193 While ‘Slippery Slim’ and ‘Bashful Tim’ Croaked gumps for our menu. 1934Amer. Ballads & Folk Songs (1960) i. 24 Not even a shack to beg for a lump, Or a hen-house to frisk for a single gump. 1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 234/2 Gump, a chicken; esp. a live chicken that can be stolen to provide a meal... Because chickens are considered among the most foolish of creatures.
▪ III. gump, n.3|gʌmp|
Also gumph.
Abbrev. of gumption 1.
1920Chambers's Jrnl. 13 Mar. 233/1 If they weren't so sure of getting me, they would have had the gump to wait a few days till the court adjourns. 1946‘S. Russell’ To Bed with Grand Music iii. 44 Any impertinent stranger who had the gumph to ask her out. 1968K. Bird Smash a Glass Image i. 10 A phoney who hasn't the gump to feed and exercise properly.
▪ IV. gump, v. Sc. and north.|gʌmp|
Also gumph.
a. intr. To grope with the hands, esp. to grope after fish.
b. trans. To catch (fish) by groping. Also with out. Hence ˈgumping vbl. n.
1811A. Scott Poems 113 (Jam.) Whan I to ope the seal had gumpit, For vera joy the board I thumpit. 1818Hogg Brownie Bodsbeck, etc. II. 168 Give me a specimen how you gump the fish?.. If ye'll gang wi' me..I'll let ye see gumping to perfection. Ibid. 170 Gumphing [see guddling vbl. n.]. 1870W. Brockie in W. S. Crockett Minstrelsy of Merse (1893) 169 Ye never gumpt in a burn for trout. 1881J. Younger Autobiog. xiii, There I gumped out half a stone of speckled trouts. |