stumpern.

Brit.

/ˈstʌmpə/, U.S.

/ˈstəmpər/

Etymology: < stump v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

†1. ‘A boaster or bragger’ (Bailey ed. 5, 1731).

2. One employed or skilled in stumping trees.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > one who clears land

stubber1481

stumper1827

clearer1829

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. xiii. 289 Two..Dublin thieves, who went out with me, are now..first-rate ‘fellers and stumpers’ in a good clearing gang.

3. Cricket (chiefly colloquial). One who stumps; a wicket-keeper.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > wicketkeeper

keeper1752

stopper1752

wicketkeeper1752

stumper1773

wicket-keep1867

Aunt Sally1898

1773 Noble Game of Cricket in St. James's Chron. 5 Oct. I had almost forgot..Little George, the long stop, and Tom Sueter, the stumper.

1848 Sheffield Independent 2 Sept. 3/4 As a ‘stumper’, his [sc. George Chatterton’s] general style is singularly easy, graceful, and unostentatious.

1901 Daily Mail 19 Sept. 3/4 There are few better amateur stumpers than the Hampshire captain.

1925 Birmingham Daily Gaz. 13 Mar. 4/3 Taking hard knocks is part of the ordinary day’s work of the stumper at cricket, and he pays for it often with broken fingers.

1994 Newcastle Jrnl. 21 Jan. 44/1 Sussex county stumper Peter Moores will be coaching wicketkeepers of all levels of ability.

4. A horse which walks with a stiff leg.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > horse defined by

white stocking1706

stringhalter1872

stumper1874

1874 Punch 11 Apr. 155/1 If ever I saw a stumper with my own very dear eyes, that stumper is before me.

5. Something (e.g. a question, a task imposed, a reply) that ‘stumps’ one; a poser.

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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem

knotc1000

a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450

dark, hard sentence1535

nut1540

Gordian knot1579

nodus1728

teaser1759

stumper1807

Chinese puzzlec1815

facer1828

sticker1849

grueller1856

stumbler1863

twister1879

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun]

riddleOE

purposec1350

problema1382

propositiona1382

conclusion1393

divinailc1430

opposal?a1439

riddling?c1475

wordc1480

why1532

dark, hard sentence1535

enigma1539

remblere1599

puzzlement1646

gripha1652

puzzler1651

riddlemy riddlemy1652

puzzle1655

crux1718

teaser1759

puzzleation1767

conundrum1790

poser1793

riddle-me-ree1805

stumper1807

tickler1825

sticker1849

brain-teaser1850

grueller1856

question mark1870

brain-twister1878

skull-buster1926

mind-bender1968

1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 121 They happened to run their heads full butt against a new reading. Now this was a stumper.

1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lxvii. 177 I'm afraid we'll git a stumper..one of these days, that will nock us all into kindlin wood.

1855 J. Lawrence in R. B. Smith Life Ld. Lawrence (1883) I. 470 One query in writing is often a stumper for a month or two.

1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 187 The American..speaks of a conclusive argument, or a difficult problem: ‘That is a stumper.’

1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy vi. 137 We always noticed, at arithmetic times, that Browne, if he got a stumper, would put up the lid of his private desk and hide behind it.

6. U.S. A stump speaker.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches > political or parliamentary

harangue-maker1560

stumper1863

spellbinder1888

1863 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Aug. 2/7 An Ohio stumper, while making a speech, exclaimed [etc.].

1884 Christian Commonw. 6 Nov. 49/2 Oratorical stumpers are deceiving and bewitching the nation into the destruction of true polity.

1901 Scotsman 11 Nov. 9/2 The great majority of the Protestant..preachers are stumpers..for the Republican party.

Draft additions 1993

7. A device, attached to a tractor or similar vehicle, for uprooting tree stumps; a stump-grubber or stumping machine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > machine to excavate tree-stumps

stump-machine1868

stumping machine1871

stumper1950

stump-grubber1971

1950 Engineering 20 Jan. 84/3 A temporary publication, which describes..land-clearing equipment, has reached us... The booklet..deals with four items, namely, a ‘treedozer’ and stumper, a root cutter, a towed root rake and a front-mounted root rake.

1960 C. Culpin Farm Machinery (ed. 6) xv. 377 Other useful tools include stumpers and root rakes. These are usually designed for mounting on a hydraulic bulldozer frame; and in the hands of a skilful operator they can push out trees and bushes with a minimum of soil adhering to the roots.

1967 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 32 Stumper, an attachment, specially designed to assist in the removal of tree roots, mounted on the front of a tractor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stumper
释义	stumpern. Brit. /ˈstʌmpə/, U.S. /ˈstəmpər/ Etymology: < stump v.¹ + -er suffix¹. †1. ‘A boaster or bragger’ (Bailey ed. 5, 1731). 2. One employed or skilled in stumping trees. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > one who clears land stubber1481 stumper1827 clearer1829 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales (ed. 2) II. xiii. 289 Two..Dublin thieves, who went out with me, are now..first-rate ‘fellers and stumpers’ in a good clearing gang. 3. Cricket (chiefly colloquial). One who stumps; a wicket-keeper. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > wicketkeeper keeper1752 stopper1752 wicketkeeper1752 stumper1773 wicket-keep1867 Aunt Sally1898 1773 Noble Game of Cricket in St. James's Chron. 5 Oct. I had almost forgot..Little George, the long stop, and Tom Sueter, the stumper. 1848 Sheffield Independent 2 Sept. 3/4 As a ‘stumper’, his [sc. George Chatterton’s] general style is singularly easy, graceful, and unostentatious. 1901 Daily Mail 19 Sept. 3/4 There are few better amateur stumpers than the Hampshire captain. 1925 Birmingham Daily Gaz. 13 Mar. 4/3 Taking hard knocks is part of the ordinary day’s work of the stumper at cricket, and he pays for it often with broken fingers. 1994 Newcastle Jrnl. 21 Jan. 44/1 Sussex county stumper Peter Moores will be coaching wicketkeepers of all levels of ability. 4. A horse which walks with a stiff leg. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > leg > horse defined by white stocking1706 stringhalter1872 stumper1874 1874 Punch 11 Apr. 155/1 If ever I saw a stumper with my own very dear eyes, that stumper is before me. 5. Something (e.g. a question, a task imposed, a reply) that ‘stumps’ one; a poser. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > that which is difficult > a difficult problem knotc1000 a bone to pick (also gnaw)c1450 dark, hard sentence1535 nut1540 Gordian knot1579 nodus1728 teaser1759 stumper1807 Chinese puzzlec1815 facer1828 sticker1849 grueller1856 stumbler1863 twister1879 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > puzzle, enigma, riddle > [noun] riddleOE purposec1350 problema1382 propositiona1382 conclusion1393 divinailc1430 opposal?a1439 riddling?c1475 wordc1480 why1532 dark, hard sentence1535 enigma1539 remblere1599 puzzlement1646 gripha1652 puzzler1651 riddlemy riddlemy1652 puzzle1655 crux1718 teaser1759 puzzleation1767 conundrum1790 poser1793 riddle-me-ree1805 stumper1807 tickler1825 sticker1849 brain-teaser1850 grueller1856 question mark1870 brain-twister1878 skull-buster1926 mind-bender1968 1807 Salmagundi 20 Mar. 121 They happened to run their heads full butt against a new reading. Now this was a stumper. 1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing lxvii. 177 I'm afraid we'll git a stumper..one of these days, that will nock us all into kindlin wood. 1855 J. Lawrence in R. B. Smith Life Ld. Lawrence (1883) I. 470 One query in writing is often a stumper for a month or two. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 187 The American..speaks of a conclusive argument, or a difficult problem: ‘That is a stumper.’ 1899 E. Phillpotts Human Boy vi. 137 We always noticed, at arithmetic times, that Browne, if he got a stumper, would put up the lid of his private desk and hide behind it. 6. U.S. A stump speaker. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches > political or parliamentary harangue-maker1560 stumper1863 spellbinder1888 1863 Boston Sunday Herald 30 Aug. 2/7 An Ohio stumper, while making a speech, exclaimed [etc.]. 1884 Christian Commonw. 6 Nov. 49/2 Oratorical stumpers are deceiving and bewitching the nation into the destruction of true polity. 1901 Scotsman 11 Nov. 9/2 The great majority of the Protestant..preachers are stumpers..for the Republican party. Draft additions 1993 7. A device, attached to a tractor or similar vehicle, for uprooting tree stumps; a stump-grubber or stumping machine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > lumbering equipment > machine to excavate tree-stumps stump-machine1868 stumping machine1871 stumper1950 stump-grubber1971 1950 Engineering 20 Jan. 84/3 A temporary publication, which describes..land-clearing equipment, has reached us... The booklet..deals with four items, namely, a ‘treedozer’ and stumper, a root cutter, a towed root rake and a front-mounted root rake. 1960 C. Culpin Farm Machinery (ed. 6) xv. 377 Other useful tools include stumpers and root rakes. These are usually designed for mounting on a hydraulic bulldozer frame; and in the hands of a skilful operator they can push out trees and bushes with a minimum of soil adhering to the roots. 1967 Gloss. Highway Engin. Terms (B.S.I.) 32 Stumper, an attachment, specially designed to assist in the removal of tree roots, mounted on the front of a tractor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1773
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